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121rack one's brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something or to remember something. Christmas is always a hassle for me. I have to rack my brains every year to find ideas for presents …
122your brains out — (your) brains out as much as possible. The people in this town want to go to the game and scream their brains out all afternoon. Related vocabulary: your ass off …
123be the brains behind something — be the brains behind (something) to be the person who plans and organizes something, especially something successful. He was the brains behind many of the best movies ever made …
124be the brains behind — (something) to be the person who plans and organizes something, especially something successful. He was the brains behind many of the best movies ever made …
125beat your brains out — beat (your) brains out to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem and thinking about how to deal with it. I ve been beating my brains out trying to think of a way of getting the money to her in time. (often + doing something) …
126beat brains out — beat (your) brains out to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem and thinking about how to deal with it. I ve been beating my brains out trying to think of a way of getting the money to her in time. (often + doing something) …
127blow someone's brains out — blow (someone s) brains out to kill someone by shooting them in the head. After two unsuccessful suicide attempts, she finally blew her brains out …
128blow brains out — blow (someone s) brains out to kill someone by shooting them in the head. After two unsuccessful suicide attempts, she finally blew her brains out …
