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get your head down
work hard with focused concentration
To work hard and concentrate without allowing yourself to be distracted.
Hear it in real life
Are you free for coffee later?
Maybe, but I need to get my head down first.
I am going to get my head down this afternoon and prepare for tomorrow's meeting.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to lower my head and finish this essay.
Say: I need to get my head down and finish this essay.
"Lower my head" describes a physical movement; the idiom for settling down to focused work is "get my head down."
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How it fits in a sentence.
get your head down and do something; need to get my head down
Your turn: say it out loud
I am going to get my head down this afternoon and prepare for tomorrow's meeting.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get your head down
work hard with focused concentration
“I am going to get my head down this afternoon and prepare for tomorrow's meeting.”
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