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brain up

British

verb

to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated

we need to brain up the curriculum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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In Doctor Who almost every week there was a new monster to scare you as a child and it just fired my creative brain up.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2022

They chalk mommy brain up to sleep deprivation when that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021

Hooking a brain up directly to electronics is not new.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2020

Hooking a brain up directly to electronics is not new.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2020

Curls my brain up into bow-knots, I assure you.

From Hildegarde's Harvest by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

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