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beat one's brains out

beat one's brains out verb: to think very hard about.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) to think very hard about.

Synonyms of beat one's brains out

Forms of beat one's brains out

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

Questions about beat one's brains out

What does beat one's brains out mean?
Beat one's brains out means to think very hard about.
What part of speech is beat one's brains out?
Beat one's brains out is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat one's brains out?
The past tense of beat one's brains out is beat one's brains out.

Words near beat one's brains out in the dictionary

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

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