cudgel your brain

cudgel (one's) brains

To try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something. I was up all night cudgeling my brains for a way to pay off all my debts. She cudgeled her brains to remember the man's name. Well, you better cudgel your brains because we're gonna be stuck in this parking garage all night if you don't remember where you parked!
See also: brain, cudgel
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cudgel your brain (or brains)

think hard about a problem.
This expression was used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘Cudgel thy brains no more about it’.
See also: brain, cudgel
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