"use one's head" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "uses one's head",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "using one's head",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "used one's head",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "used one's head",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918, Stephen Leacock, “Back from the Land”, in Frenzied Fiction:",
          "text": "He never—so they agreed—uses his head. He never—I think I have their phrase correct—stops to think.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1957 March 13, Joyce Jackson, “Guide to Dating”, in Toledo Blade, page 35:",
          "text": "When a girl falls in love, after first using her head to find a suitable mate to fall in love with, it is such a wonderful feeling.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 23, Chris Thornton, “A Belfast Father's Vindication”, in Time:",
          "text": "Bound by that commitment, he used his head, channeling his rage into a determination to bring the killers to justice.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions."
      ],
      "id": "en-use_one's_head-en-verb-K~tYFGgE",
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        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "word": "use one's noggin"
        }
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        "idiomatic"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to think carefully",
          "word": "garuna izan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to think carefully",
          "word": "tener cerebro"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To headbutt."
      ],
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          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "headbutt",
          "headbutt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) To headbutt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "use one's head"
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      "form": "uses one's head",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "using one's head",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "used one's head",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "used one's head",
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          "text": "He never—so they agreed—uses his head. He never—I think I have their phrase correct—stops to think.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1957 March 13, Joyce Jackson, “Guide to Dating”, in Toledo Blade, page 35:",
          "text": "When a girl falls in love, after first using her head to find a suitable mate to fall in love with, it is such a wonderful feeling.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 23, Chris Thornton, “A Belfast Father's Vindication”, in Time:",
          "text": "Bound by that commitment, he used his head, channeling his rage into a determination to bring the killers to justice.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions."
      ],
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          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
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          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To headbutt."
      ],
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        [
          "headbutt",
          "headbutt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) To headbutt."
      ],
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "use one's noggin"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to think carefully",
      "word": "garuna izan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to think carefully",
      "word": "tener cerebro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "use one's head"
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