I’ve racked my brain, but I just can’t remember his name.
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She racked her brains, trying to remember exactly what she had said.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
rack your brain — If you rack your brain, you think very hard when trying to remember something or think hard to solve a problem, findf and answer, etc. ( Rack your brains is an alternative.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
rack (your) brain — rack (your) brain/brains to think very hard, usually in order to remember something or to find a solution to a problem. I ve been racking my brains but I still can t remember who wrote that play … New idioms dictionary
rack your brain — If you rack your brain, you think very hard when trying to remember something. ( Rack your brains is an alternative.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
rack your brain/brains — see ↑rack, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑brain rack your brain/brains : to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc. I ve been racking my brain, but I can t remember his name. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rack (your) brains — rack (your) brain/brains to think very hard, usually in order to remember something or to find a solution to a problem. I ve been racking my brains but I still can t remember who wrote that play … New idioms dictionary
cudgel your brain/brains — informal + old fashioned : to think very hard : to rack your brain I cudgeled my brains for a solution to the problem. • • • Main Entry: ↑brain cudgel your brain/brains see ↑brain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel … Useful english dictionary
brain — brain1 W2S2 [breın] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stomach … Dictionary of contemporary English
brain — I UK [breɪn] / US noun Word forms brain : singular brain plural brains *** 1) [countable] the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body The human brain is divided into two halves. The illness had affected… … English dictionary
brain — brain1 [ breın ] noun *** 1. ) count the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body: The human brain is divided into two halves. a ) only before noun belonging to or connected with the brain: a brain… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rack — 1 noun (C) 1 a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, for holding things on: The dishes are on the plate rack. | a magazine rack see also: luggage rack, roofrack 2 the rack a piece of equipment used in the past to make people suffer severe… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
