head over heels
adverb
1
a
: in or as if in a somersault : helter-skelter
b
2
: very much : deeply
head over heels in love
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Off-screen, Good is head over heels in love with fiancé Jonathan Majors.
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Or how such extra-curricular bedroom activity doesn’t have to define a relationship — Danny and Becka are also loving parents, popular within their community, and, judging by the copious public displays of affection, clearly still head over heels for each other.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Viewers immediately fell head over heels for Daffodil and her acceptance of love.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Or how such extra-curricular bedroom activity doesn’t have to define a relationship — Danny and Becka are also loving parents, popular within their community, and, judging by the copious public displays of affection, clearly still head over heels for each other.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Viewers immediately fell head over heels for Daffodil and her acceptance of love.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Head over heels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20over%20heels. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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