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beaten one's brains out (about)phrasepast participle of beat one's brains out (about) to give serious and careful thought toHe beat his brains out trying to come up with a solution. 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, drunk (in)(or drank (in)) chewed on, cudgeled one's brains (about), looked at disregarded, ignored, overlooked, slighteddismissed, pooh-poohed(also poohed), rejected |