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Thesaurus: have one's head read
have one's head read (dated) To have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist. (idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.
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- have one's head read (dated) To have the bumps, indentations, and shape of one's skull examined and interpreted by a phrenologist. (idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.