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bang one's head against a brick wall

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
bang one's -head- a-gain-st a brick- wall
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
6
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To waste effort on a futile project.

Intransitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

bangs one's head against a brick wall (present, singular) banging one's head against a brick wall (participle, present) banged one's head against a brick wall (participle, past) banged one's head against a brick wall (past)

Phrases

beat a dead horse flog a dead horse

Frequently Paired Words

beat a dead horse flog a dead horse headbanging

Questions

What does bang one's head against a brick wall mean?
To waste effort on a futile project.

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