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
Tielo	-	Medieval German
Fulvia	FOOL-vyah (Italian)	Italian, Ancient Roman
Manuelita	-	Spanish
Christophoros	-	Late Greek
Shota	sho:-tah	Japanese
Ganymede	-	Greek Mythology (Anglicized)