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on the brain

on the brain prepositional phrase: obsessively in mind.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Obsessively in mind.
    • I've been studying for my electronics exam so hard, for so long, that now I've got circuit diagrams on the brain!
    • Though a good chuckle-headed fellow, and free with his bread and cheese, he seemed to have his lord the Abbot on the brain[.]1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40

on the brain meaning in Bengali

on the brain in Bengali

আচ্ছন্নভাবে মনে থাকা

Questions about on the brain

What does on the brain mean?
On the brain means obsessively in mind.
What is on the brain in Bengali?
On the brain in Bengali is আচ্ছন্নভাবে মনে থাকা. See On the brain meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is on the brain?
On the brain is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the brain in the dictionary

  1. on the boob
  2. on the book
  3. on the books
  4. on the bounce
  5. on the bow
  6. on the brain
  7. on the breadline
  8. on the brew
  9. on the brink
  10. on the brink of
  11. on the bubble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the brain (page history and authors); on the brain (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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