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beat one's brain

beat one's brain verb: to struggle to think or remember something.

Verb

beat one's brain (third-person singular simple present beats one's brain, present participle beating one's brain, simple past beat one's brain, past participle beaten one's brain or (colloquial) beat one's brain)

  1. (idiomatic) To struggle to think or remember something.

Synonyms of beat one's brain

Forms of beat one's brain

third-person singular presentbeats one's brain
present participlebeating one's brain
pastbeat one's brain
past participlebeaten one's brain
alternative formbeat one's brains
past participle (colloquial)beat one's brain

Questions about beat one's brain

What does beat one's brain mean?
Beat one's brain means to struggle to think or remember something.
What part of speech is beat one's brain?
Beat one's brain is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat one's brain?
The past tense of beat one's brain is beat one's brain.

Words near beat one's brain in the dictionary

  1. beat my neighbour out of doors
  2. beat off
  3. beat off with a stick
  4. beat on
  5. beat one's ass
  6. beat one's brain
  7. beat one's brains out
  8. beat one's breast
  9. beat one's chest
  10. beat one's face
  11. beat one's head against a stone wall

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