Communication
rack your brains
think very hard
To rack your brains means to think very hard to remember something or find an answer.
Hear it in real life
Do you remember where we parked?
I'm racking my brains, but I really can't remember.
I've been racking my brains for a birthday present that he will actually use.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I have been racking my brains to remember about her name.
Say: I have been racking my brains to remember her name.
After “remember,” do not add “about” before the thing you are trying to recall.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
rack your brains for something; rack your brains to do something
Your turn: say it out loud
I've been racking my brains for a birthday present that he will actually use.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
rack your brains
think very hard
“I've been racking my brains for a birthday present that he will actually use.”
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