rack your brain/brains
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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 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(s) — phrase to try very hard to remember something or to solve a problem I’ve racked my brain, but I just can’t remember his name. Thesaurus: to memorize something, or to try to remember somethingsynonym Main entry: brain * * * rack your ˈbrain( … Useful english 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
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
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
brain — brain1 W2S2 [breın] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stomach … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
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*/*/ — [breɪn] noun [C] 1) the organ inside your head that allows you to think and feel, and controls your body The illness had affected his brain.[/ex] a brain tumour/scan/operation[/ex] 2) mental ability or intelligence He s good looking, and he s got … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
