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beaten one's brains out

beaten one's brains out is the past participle of beat one's brains out.

Meaning of beat one's brains out

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.

Questions about beaten one's brains out

What is beaten one's brains out the past participle of?
Beaten one's brains out is the past participle of beat one's brains out.

Words near beaten one's brains out in the dictionary

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

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