chewsomethingover
phrasal verbwithchewverb[IorT]uk/tʃuː/us/tʃuː/
informaltothinkabout ordiscusssomethingcarefullyfor alongtime:
I've beenchewingtheproblemover since lastweek.
Thinking and contemplating
- a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- harbour
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's seeidiom
- reflection
- run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
- soul-searching