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cudgeled one's brains (about)phrasepast tense of cudgel one's brains (about) to give serious and careful thought toShe cudgeled her brains about why he would make such a risky move. chewed over, cogitated, considered, contemplated, debated, deliberated, entertained, eyed, kicked around, meditated, mulled (over), perpended, pondered, pored (over), questioned, revolved, ruminated, studied, thought (about or over), turned, weighed, wrestled (with) mused (upon), reflected (on or upon), reminiscedanalyzed, explored, reviewedconcluded, reasonedsecond-guessed, speculated (about)brooded (about or over), dwelled (on or upon)(or dwelt (on or upon)), fixated (on or upon), fretted (about or over), obsessed (about or over)believed, conceived, opinedabsorbed, assimilated, digested, drank (in) beat one's brains out (about), chewed on, looked at disregarded, ignored, overlooked, slighteddismissed, pooh-poohed(also poohed), rejected |