"scream one's head off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-scream one's head off.ogg [Australia] Forms: screams one's head off [present, singular, third-person], screaming one's head off [participle, present], screamed one's head off [participle, past], screamed one's head off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scream one's head off (third-person singular simple present screams one's head off, present participle screaming one's head off, simple past and past participle screamed one's head off)
  1. (idiomatic) To scream out to one's full capacity. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-scream_one's_head_off-en-verb-ljqS23Ox Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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