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"(idiomatic) To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person."
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"(idiomatic) To escape someone's comprehension."
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"(idiomatic) To escape someone's comprehension."
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"word": "через голову"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to escape someone's comprehension",
"word": "nem fér a fejébe"
}
],
"word": "go over someone's head"
}
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