off the top of one's head
- off the top of one's head
- {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Without thinking hard; quickly. * /Vin answered the teacher's question off the top of his head./ * /When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head./
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off the top of one's head — {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Without thinking hard; quickly. * /Vin answered the teacher s question off the top of his head./ * /When Lorraine was asked to recite, she talked off the top of her head./ … Dictionary of American idioms
off the top of one's head — phrasal in an impromptu manner < sat down and wrote the…story off the top of his head Jerome Beatty, Jr. > … New Collegiate Dictionary
off the top of one's head — adverb (of something known, thought of, or remembered) Without great thought or investigation; extemporaneous; natural; offhand. I cannot think of any good examples off the top of my head, but give me a couple of hours and Im sure I could come up … Wiktionary
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To be out of one's head — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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