
🗓️ Idiom: Put Our Heads Together (v)
💬 Meaning
- To work together to solve a problem.
- To share ideas and think as a team.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Let’s put our heads together and find a way to fix this issue.
- The managers put their heads together to plan the next steps.
- We can solve this faster if we put our heads together.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from the image of people leaning their heads close when they talk and think together. It has been used since the 19th century to mean teamwork and joint problem-solving.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
If we __________, we might come up with a better strategy.
Answer
put our heads together
2. Choose the correct meaning of “put our heads together”:
A) To avoid a problem
B) To argue with others
C) To think and plan together
Answer
C) To think and plan together
3. Rewrite the sentence using “put our heads together”:
“Let’s work together and share ideas to find a solution.”
Answer
Let’s put our heads together to find a solution.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.

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