chew on

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chew on

verb chews on · chewing on · chewed on

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, on.
idiomatic, transitive To consider, to ponder. Once you chew on it that way, you start thinking, jeez, maybe QAnon was almost inevitable.

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@misc{chew_on_2026,
  title = {chew on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chew%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}