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bend the brain

bend the brain verb: to be difficult to comprehend.

Verb

bend the brain (third-person singular simple present bends the brain, present participle bending the brain, simple past and past participle bent the brain)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be difficult to comprehend.
    • Rogan studied her architectural drawings for the four-level, 1,200 square metre centre closely: “Every line meant something. It bends the brain. I’m in love with this building and I can’t hide it.”2015 May 28, Jay Merrick, “Zaha Hadid’s modernist library inspires shock and awe in Oxford”, in The Independent
    • Making sense of their logic bends the brain, but QAnon followers report feeling an insider adrenaline as they piece together the “breadcrumbs.” They first surged into public view at a Tampa rally for Donald Trump in 2018 and show few signs of fading.2020 January 16, Claire McNeill, “QAnon conspiracy theorists find kinship on the Tampa Riverwalk”, in Tampa Bay Times

Forms of bend the brain

third-person singular presentbends the brain
present participlebending the brain
past participlebent the brain
pastbent the brain

Questions about bend the brain

What does bend the brain mean?
Bend the brain means to be difficult to comprehend.
What part of speech is bend the brain?
Bend the brain is a verb.
What is the past tense of bend the brain?
The past tense of bend the brain is bent the brain.

Words near bend the brain in the dictionary

  1. bend over backward
  2. bend over backwards
  3. bend sinister
  4. bend someone's ear
  5. bend someone's will
  6. bend the brain
  7. bend the elbow
  8. bend the knee
  9. bend the rules
  10. bend the truth
  11. bend to one's will

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