take it into (your) head to (do something)

take it into (your) head to (do something)
take it into (your) head to (do something) to decide to do something.

Uncle Julian might take it into his head to say almost anything.

Usage notes: usually said about doing something silly or surprising

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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