part hair

part (one's) hair

1. To comb or brush one's hair into two discernible sections, leaving a single clear division between them. I always used to part my hair straight down the middle, until someone in school said I looked like a dork. Why did you start parting your hair on the right like that?
2. To travel extremely close to one's head while passing by overheard. The bullet may have parted my hair, but it didn't leave so much as a scratch on me. The bird came diving toward me from the air, then parted my head as it flew past to snatch the food from Mary's hand.
3. Of a sound, to be extremely loud, forceful, or percussive. The flautist finished on an incredible high note that parted the hair of everyone in the audience. The blast parted our hair, but beyond that it didn't cause any harm.
See also: hair, part
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

part someone's hair

 
1. Lit. to divide someone's hair into separate sections while combing it. The barber asked me where I parted my hair.
2. Fig. to come very close to someone. (Usually an exaggeration.) That plane flew so low that it nearly parted my hair. He punched at me and missed. He only parted my hair.
See also: hair, part
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • part (one's) hair
  • run a comb through
  • run a comb through (one's) hair
  • run a brush through (one's) hair
  • slickum
  • put (one's) hair up
  • put hair up
  • mullet
  • plaster (one's) hair down
  • plaster hair down
References in classic literature
The quadroon nurse was looked upon as a huge encumbrance, only good to button up waists and panties and to brush and part hair; since it seemed to be a law of society that hair must be parted and brushed.
Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Part hair off-centre and tip all the curls to one side.
Meghan's secret weapon for great hair
| Leave an inch of hair loose at the front for creating the rebellious fringe, then part hair in a low side parting following the inside of the eyebrow, using Catwalk by TIGI Root Boost to keep control for the parting.
HOW TO HAVE A GOOD HAIR DAY; HERE'S HOW TO MAKE THE TOP HAIR LOOKS FROM THE AW17 SHOWS WORK FOR YOU. BY katie wright
Part hair to one side, create a tight fishtail braid from the bangs section, tugging at the sides.
Braid away
Smooth it all out with a blast from your blow dryer, then part hair perfectly down the center.
'Do the twist
The stores would be part shoe retailer, part hair salon and part pub, and I wanted to name them Jaime's Shoes, Dos and Brews.
The right stuff
Part hair in the centre, gather into a low pony and secure with band.
34 amazing secrets to turn back time; We'd all love to head off on holiday looking younger than ever and feeling fabulous - and now you can with these brilliant ways to take years off your looks. By Caroline Jones
Simply part hair in the centre and using your fingers, twist the fringe section back and secure with a grip.
how to... ... grow out a fringe in style; Lily Allen gets a thick, blunt fringe - you have it cut in and after a few weeks you want rid of it. Ian Davies, creative director at Ocean Hairdressing in Cardiff shows you four ways to manage the awkward growing out stage
Make sure you part hair into sections and apply Wella SP Straightaway before blow-drying with a high watt hairdryer.
Hair Clinic
Part hair to one side, then comb each side back, wrap around the bun, pin and spray.
BEAUTY: 5 STEPS TO[ETH] A HOT BUN
Comb-a-Color's patented comb tips are designed to part hair, control release and evenly distribute color down to the roots with each pass over the scalp without messy leaks.
Leading brands keep coloring viable, moving
At 53, the flame-haired, black-pleather-wearing Streb--three parts muscle and sinew, one part hair mousse (to keep her fauxhawk haircut energized)--lives in a downtown New York loft with an Abyssinian cat (on permanent rat patrol) and the feminist journalist Laura Flanders.
Wham bam Streb
4) Examine back of neck and scalp with the help of a hand mirror, part hair (or use blow drier) to lift it and give you a close look (Sunscreen Protection, p.
HOW TO DEAL WITH SKIN CANCER EFFECTIVELY
Part hair to contact skin and insure good cover ...
Fleas are no circus
1 Prep and part hair however you like--try brushing it straight back, like on our model, or sweep strands into a side part for a halfsie style.
Your fall style schedule!