chew over

verb

chewed over; chewing over; chews over

transitive verb

: to meditate on : think about reflectively

Examples of chew over in a Sentence

yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president
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Wall Street is chewing over critical data released last week on Amgen’s experimental weight loss injection – a potential competitor in the blockbuster obesity drug market. Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024 So, all of the above having been chewed over, the question remains: Who wins? IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011 Then again, given that Diamond is looking to re-sign a number of its MLB partners at steep discounts, that particular slice of the revenue pie has already been pretty well chewed over. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024 Here’s a bit of a brain-bender to chew over (pun intended): All porterhouse steaks are T-bone steaks, but not all T-bones are porterhouses. Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chew over 

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chew over was in 1939

Cite this Entry

“Chew over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20over. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

chew over

verb
: to think over
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