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chew the cud

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chew the cud

  (informal)

to think about something carefully and for a long time He sat chewing the cud all morning.

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chew the cud

Also, chew over. Ponder over, meditate, as in John tends to chew the cud before he answers, or Let me chew that over and let you know. The first term, first recorded in 1382, transfers the appearance of a patiently ruminating cow to a person deep in thought. The variant was first recorded in 1696.

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chew the cud

Slang

To ponder over; meditate.

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