puzzle over

puzzle over someone or something

to consider or ponder. I can't puzzle out the mean—someone or something. Anne is a bit strange. I've spent some time puzzling over her. While I was puzzling over why she had slapped me, she did it again.

puzzle over something

to give a lot of attention and thought to something I puzzled over those words, trying to understand their hidden message.

Related vocabulary: tease out something

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Larunda	-	Roman Mythology
Kyriaki	-	Greek
Seona	-	Scottish
Berenice	bər-NEES (English), ber-ə-NEE-see (English), be-re-NEE-che (Italian)	English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Christie	['kristi]
Eireen	ie-REEN	Irish