# smash someone's head

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/smash-someones-head
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To beat up someone violently.

## Examples

- The angry man threatened to smash someone's head.
- The fight escalated quickly when the bully threatened to smash someone's head for looking at him the wrong way.
- In the heat of the violent confrontation, the aggressor shouted that he would smash someone's head if they dared to interfere with his escape.

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