use one's head

[use one's head] or {slang} [use one's bean] or {slang} [use one's noodle] or {slang} use [one's noggin] {v. phr.}

To use your brain or mind; think; have common sense. — Often used as a command.

* /If you used your bean you wouldn't be in trouble now./

* /Never point a gun at anybody, John. Use your head!/

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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