get/take it into your head that...
get (something) into (one's) head
To believe that something is true. Get it into your head: I'm in charge until Mom gets home, so you have to listen to me. A: "Why is Johnny holding his breath?" B: "Well, he's gotten it into his head that holding his breath will make him taller."
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get/take it into your ˈhead that...
(informal) think or believe something, often wrongly: Somehow she’s taken it into her head that her husband is trying to poison her.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017