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beat one's head against a stone wall

beat one's head against a stone wall is the alternative form of bang one's head against a brick wall.

Meaning of bang one's head against a brick wall

Verb

bang one's head against a brick wall (third-person singular simple present bangs one's head against a brick wall, present participle banging one's head against a brick wall, simple past and past participle banged one's head against a brick wall)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To waste effort on a futile project.

Forms of beat one's head against a stone wall

third-person singular presentbeats one's head against a stone wall
present participlebeating one's head against a stone wall
pastbeat one's head against a stone wall
past participlebeaten one's head against a stone wall

Questions about beat one's head against a stone wall

What is beat one's head against a stone wall the alternative form of?
Beat one's head against a stone wall is the alternative form of bang one's head against a brick wall.

Words near beat one's head against a stone wall in the dictionary

  1. beat one's brain
  2. beat one's brains out
  3. beat one's breast
  4. beat one's chest
  5. beat one's face
  6. beat one's head against a stone wall
  7. beat one's meat
  8. beat one's swords into ploughshares
  9. beat one's swords into plowshares
  10. beat oneself
  11. beat out

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