"hand over head" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} hand over head (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, idiomatic) Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-hand_over_head-en-adv-FoeRoDIs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:",
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        "Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does."
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        "(obsolete, idiomatic) Negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does."
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