Meanings
verbbeat 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)
present singular third person beats one's brains out · participle present beating one's brains out · participle past beaten one's brains out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo think very hard about.
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