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make head swim

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make someone's head swim

 and make someone's head spin 

1. Fig. to make someone dizzy or disoriented. Riding the merry-go-round makes my head spin. Breathing the gas made my head swim.

2. Fig. to confuse or overwhelm someone. All these numbers make my head swim. The physics lecture made my head spin.

See also: head, make, swim