"go over someone's head" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go over someone's head.ogg Forms: goes over someone's head [present, singular, third-person], going over someone's head [participle, present], went over someone's head [past], gone over someone's head [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> over someone's head}} go over someone's head (third-person singular simple present goes over someone's head, present participle going over someone's head, simple past went over someone's head, past participle gone over someone's head)
  1. (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. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person): через голову (alt: обратиться) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-go_over_someone's_head-en-verb-Mo2M5-2p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of "to take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person": 100 0
  2. (idiomatic) To escape someone's comprehension. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to escape someone's comprehension): nem fér a fejébe (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-go_over_someone's_head-en-verb-4IE0IiED Disambiguation of "to escape someone's comprehension": 1 99
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