cudgel (one's) brains

To try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something. I was up all night cudgeling my brains for a way to pay off all my debts. She cudgeled her brains to remember the man's name.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yong	[jʌŋ]
Shaquila	-	English (Rare)
Andreu	-	Catalan
Ashlea	ASH-lee	English (Modern)
Marita (1)	mah-REE-tah (German), MAH-ree-tah (Finnish)	German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish
Udo (2)	-	Western African, Igbo