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wrack one's brains

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Verb

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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.

Usage notes

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Etymologically incorrect, but in common use; strict usage prefers original rack one's brains. See usage notes for rack for details.

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