chew over
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[edit]Verb
[edit]chew over (third-person singular simple present chews over, present participle chewing over, simple past and past participle chewed over)
- To think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.
- 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
- Ahh. Later, Teddy. If you'd be so good. I... just have to chew over a few things with Francis here.
- Synonym of chew up (to chew so as to make something pulpy or tangled)
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Translations
[edit]to think deeply about