Meaning of the word "bend your mind to" in English

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bend your mind to

US /bɛnd jʊər maɪnd tu/
UK /bɛnd jɔː maɪnd tuː/
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Idiom

to make a determined effort to understand or deal with something

Example:
You need to really bend your mind to this problem if you want to solve it.
It took some effort to bend my mind to the complex instructions.