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
Aneirin	-	Welsh
Shota	sho:-tah	Japanese
ArnÓR	-	Icelandic
Somhairle	-	Scottish, Irish
Neha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
Jolene	jo-LEEN	English