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
Tammara	tə-MAHR-ə	English (Rare)
Yeter	-	Turkish
Nwanneka	-	Western African, Igbo
Quentin	kawn-TEN (French), KWEN-tin (English)	French, English
Toril	-	Norwegian
Jazmin	JAZ-min	English (Modern)