"live rent free in someone's head" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lives rent free in someone's head [present, singular, third-person], living rent free in someone's head [participle, present], lived rent free in someone's head [participle, past], lived rent free in someone's head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live rent free in someone's head (third-person singular simple present lives rent free in someone's head, present participle living rent free in someone's head, simple past and past participle lived rent free in someone's head)
  1. Alternative form of live rent-free in someone's head. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: live rent-free in someone's head
    Sense id: en-live_rent_free_in_someone's_head-en-verb-47Mo9BP3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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