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make head against

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To attack or take up arms against (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To resist, oppose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • 1600, Thomas Walkington (attributed), An Exposition of the Two First Verses of the Sixt Chapter to the Hebrewes in Forme of a Dialogue, London: Thomas Man, Sermon 26, p. 348, Such is then this gallaunt and holie confidence of the spouse to braue her enemies, in whose person the Apostle speaking, wee see [...] how hee beareth downe euerie high thing which presumeth to make head against God [...]

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