think through

phrasal verb

thought through; thinking through; thinks through
: to think about all the different parts or effects of (something) for a period of time especially in an effort to understand or make a decision about it
I need time to think this through.
We have thought through the matter and have come to a decision.

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So every detail was very, very carefully thought through and planned out based on real-life heists. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025 Our team began by thinking through some basic properties of what a snapshot in time can tell people about the preceding and proceeding moments. Jeremy R. Manning, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025 Even more ambitiously, Brukner and colleagues hope that thinking through the logic of quantum reference frames might yield new insights about quantum gravity — a research program that attempts to bring gravity into the same theoretical fold as the other fundamental forces. Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 Policy innovators, too, are thinking through ways to continue progress in the new political atmosphere. Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for think through 

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“Think through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20through. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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