present participle of talk over someone's head

(simile) Very irritable; bad-tempered.

(dated) To have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist. / (idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.

(idiomatic, Canada) To reassess the common sense of one's behaviour, ideas, etc.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keep, one, head, down. / (idiomatic) To avoid trouble or attention.

Alternative form of cooler heads will prevail

Alternative form of cooler heads will prevail

Bad leaders harm an organization.

(idiomatic) To come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.

(colloquial) To be a sensible thinker capable of making sound decisions.