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go over someone's head

To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
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She went over his head and took her complaint directly to the president of the company.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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go over someone's headTo escape someone's comprehension.
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