chew over

English

Verb

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.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:ponder

Translations

to think deeply about

Finnish: pohtia (fi), pohdiskella (fi), miettiä (fi), mietiskellä (fi); kelata (fi) (informal)

Portuguese: ruminar (pt) (figuratively)

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