chew sth over
informal— phrasal verb with chew uk/tʃuː/us/tʃuː/verb [ I or T ]
to think about or discuss something carefully for a long time:
I've been chewing the problem over since last week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- cogitate
- depth
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- meditate
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- thinking
- worry
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