cudgel one's brain

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cudgel one's brain (third-person singular simple present cudgels one's brain, present participle (US) cudgeling one's brain or (UK) cudgelling one's brain, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled one's brain or (UK) cudgelled one's brain)

  1. (UK, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.
    Synonym: rack one's brain

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