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cudgel one's brain en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.

Forms

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cudgel one's brains alternative lexicographic
cudgeling one's brain Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
cudgeled one's brain Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
cudgeled one's brain Tense=Past US lexicographic
cudgelling one's brain Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
cudgels one's brain Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cudgelled one's brain Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
cudgelled one's brain Tense=Past UK lexicographic

Synonyms

rack one's brain