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boggle
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boggle someone's mind
to confuse someone; to overwhelm someone; to blow someone's mind. The immense size of the house boggles my mind. She said that his arrogance boggled her mind.
See also: mind

boggle at something

to be amazed at something, particularly something large or surprising. The audience boggled at the size of the loss. I boggled at the damage to my car.
The mind boggles.
something that you say which means that a situation or subject is very difficult to understand or imagine A cloned sheep? The mind boggles. (often + at ) The mind boggles at the thought of what you could do with all that money.
See also: mind
boggle the mind also boggle your mind
to shock or surprise you He has a record of arrests for shoplifting that boggles the mind. It just boggles my mind how many people think they're the only ones who are having a hard time.
See also: mind

the mind boggles

it is very difficult to understand or imagine The mind boggles at the thought of what you could do with all that money.
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THE sister of a teenager who committed suicide live on the internet said "it boggles the mind" that viewers and the website operators had up to 12 hours to save him.
Boggled by internet suicide by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The Twiggles and Boggles will be hosting the three-day event and the inhabitants of BeWILDerwood, in Norfolk, are looking forward to the fun, laughter, games and dancing which are being planned.
Invitation to a birthday party in magical woods by Birmingham Mail (England)
She assured us: 'This current attitude that marriages are disposable boggles my mind.
Joan Burnie: Britney rings the changes with mind games by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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