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puzzle over

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puzzle over (third-person singular simple present puzzles over, present participle puzzling over, simple past and past participle puzzled over)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To think intensely and deeply about a confusing problem, situation, or question in an effort to understand it or to find a solution.
    Coordinate term: puzzle through
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