rack one's brain
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Combination of rack (“medieval torture method”), and brain, thus meaning “to cause the mind extreme discomfort”.
Variants include rack one's wit (1583) and rack one's memory,[1] as well as cudgel one's brain / cudgel one's brains.
Verb
Translations
struggle to think of something
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