"se creuser la tête" meaning in Français

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      "word": "se recreuser la tête"
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    "Composé de creuser et de tête."
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          "ref": "Alfred de Musset, Fantasio, 1834, acte I, scène 2",
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          "ref": "Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys, Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger, 1867, 1ʳᵉ partie, chap. 2",
          "text": "Rien, absolument rien ; j’ai beau me creuser la tête, je ne puis me rappeler ce que j’ai rêvé cette nuit."
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          "ref": "Léo Armagnac, Quinze Jours de campagne, 1881, chapitre 5",
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          "ref": "Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Monsieur des Lourdines, 1910, chapitre 7",
          "text": "Je me creusais la tête !… Je ne savais pas ce que tout cela signifiait… Lorsque hier, tout à coup… l’idée m’est venue !"
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        "Faire des efforts intenses de réflexion, de mémoire."
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      "word": "se creuser les méninges"
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    {
      "word": "se racler la soupière"
    },
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      "word": "se casser la tête"
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      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "sich den Kopf zerbrechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "nachgrübeln"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "rack one's brain"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "rack one's brains"
    },
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "cudgel one's brains"
    },
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      "word": "brainstorm"
    },
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      "word": "misliti svojom glavom"
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    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "comerse el coco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "devanarse los sesos"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "scervellarsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "alambiccarsi il cervello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "arrovellarsi"
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    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "crebà's la puç"
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    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "har anar la cerimana"
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      "word": "به مغز خود فشار آوردن"
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      "word": "quebrar a cabeça"
    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
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      "word": "dar tratos à bola"
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    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "abbacantàrisi lu ciriveḍḍu"
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    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "bråka sin hjärna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hloubat"
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      "word": "sich den Kopf zerbrechen"
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      "lang": "Allemand",
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      "word": "nachgrübeln"
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      "word": "rack one's brain"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "rack one's brains"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "word": "cudgel one's brains"
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      "word": "misliti svojom glavom"
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      "word": "comerse el coco"
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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "devanarse los sesos"
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      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "scervellarsi"
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    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "alambiccarsi il cervello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "arrovellarsi"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "crebà's la puç"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "har anar la cerimana"
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      "lang": "Persan",
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      "word": "به مغز خود فشار آوردن"
    },
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      "word": "quebrar a cabeça"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "dar tratos à bola"
    },
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      "lang": "Sicilien",
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      "word": "abbacantàrisi lu ciriveḍḍu"
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      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "bråka sin hjärna"
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "hloubat"
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  "word": "se creuser la tête"
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