at the head of

idiom

: at the top of (a ranking)
She's at the head of her class.

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Except maybe a fine would have been better than sitting at the head of the table while Bananas blows his toenail clippings at you. Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024 Ten Hag needs more active pressers at the head of his forward line. Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Don’t forget to stop at Oak Creek Vista at the head of the canyon among the ponderosa pines. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 And the time in 2023 when she was invited to a dinner with Hillary Clinton at Ambassador Jane Hartley’s residence in London, with 20 powerful women at the top of their game, where Clinton sat at the head of the table and fielded everyone’s brilliant questions. Trish Deitch, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at the head of 

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“At the head of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20head%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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