beat one's brains out

English

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.

   Synonyms: rack one's brain, cudgel one's brain

Translations

rack one's brain — see rack one's brain

See also

• beat someone's brains out

References

• “beat your brains out” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “beat your brains out” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.