"racks one's brains" meaning in English

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Verb

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  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rack one's brains Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: rack one's brains
    Sense id: en-racks_one's_brains-en-verb-RdNANgsZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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