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
Burgess	['bə:dʒis]
Sandhya	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Chanokh	-	Biblical Hebrew
Manaia	-	Maori
Cleveland	KLEEV-lənd	English
Gheorghe	-	Romanian