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Phrase(s): chew something over
1. Inf. to talk something over; to discuss something. • We can chew it over at lunch. • Why don’t we do lunch sometime and chew over these matters? 2. and chew on something Fig. to think something over. • I’ll have to chew it over for a while. I’m not sure now. • I have to chew on all this stuff for a day or two. Then I’ll get back to you.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs