chewed over
Thought about thoroughly
Chewed over is the past tense of chew over, meaning to think about something carefully or discuss it at length.
The image is of mentally working through an idea the way teeth work through food: We chewed over the proposal for hours.
The phrase suggests deliberate, unhurried consideration rather than quick decision-making.
- ruminatedThought deeply about
- debatedFormally argued opposing views
- masticateCrush food orally
- broodedThought gloomily, persistently
- bitePierce with teeth
jaw · contemplated · reasoned · scrutinized · brainstormed · hashed out · meditated · evaluated · mulled · deliberated · speculated · went back and forth · gnash · discussed · talked through · grind · pondered · agonized
chewed oversnap judgment
Rapid evaluation without deliberation
jumped to conclusions · shot from the hip · winged it · improvised · blurted out
chewed overdismissed
Released from duty
ignored · brushed aside · glossed over · disregarded · overlooked