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beat one's brains out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
beat- one's brain-s out
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to think very hard about.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

beats one's brains out (present, singular) beating one's brains out (participle, present) beaten one's brains out (participle, past)

Phrases

beat someone's brains out

Frequently Paired Words

beat someone's brains out

Synonyms

rack one's brain cudgel one's brain

Questions

What does beat one's brains out mean?
to think very hard about.

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