# get through one's head

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/get-through-ones-head
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

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

## Examples

- I cannot get it through my head that he is gone.
- It took a long time for her to get through her head that she had actually won the competition.
- Despite the mounting evidence presented by his colleagues, he struggled to get through his head that the project he had championed for years was a failure.

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