wrack one's brains

verb

Eggcorn of rack one's brains.

Meanings

verbwrack one's brains (third-person singular simple present wracks one's brains, present participle wracking one's brains, simple past and past participle wracked one's brains)

present singular third person wracks one's brains · participle present wracking one's brains · participle past wracked one's brains · past wracked one's brains

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