to make a great effort to think of or remember something.
| Example | Meaning |
Four days later, I was like, "I was supposed to do something. What was it?" and it took me a while to rack my brain. And she 's really nice. And she was making an exception to talk to me. |
To think intensely to find an answer |
| Example | Meaning |
Well, I- I can tell you some things that I- I was trying to rack my brain on things that I could really remember about it- being a- a kid over there and ah- the one was the- and I must have been very very small but when the circus used to come to town... |
To think intensely to find an answer |
