do someone's head in
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Meaning · English
to annoy or frustrate someone extremely
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Làm cho ai đó cảm thấy bực tức hoặc thất vọng cực độ
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: to damage someone's head
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
But now with that well I've done my head in!
He comes over ours at Christmas and he does my head in cos he keeps on kicking me at the dinner table!
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “do someone's head in” mean?
to annoy or frustrate someone extremely Literally: to damage someone's head
Is “do someone's head in” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.