"wrack one's brains" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wracks one's brains [present, singular, third-person], wracking one's brains [participle, present], wracked one's brains [participle, past], wracked one's brains [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wrack 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)
  1. Eggcorn of rack one's brains.
    Sense id: en-wrack_one's_brains-en-verb-laG9O4x2 Categories (other): English eggcorns, English entries with incorrect language header

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