cudgel one's brain
English
Alternative forms
Verb
- (Britain, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.
- Synonym: rack one's brain
Translations
rack one's brain — see rack one's brain
References
- “cudgel your brains” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “cudgel your brain s” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “cudgel ones brains” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “cudgel one's brain” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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