puzzle over (someone or something)
puzzle over (someone or something)
To think about or consider something, usually at length. After puzzling over the experiment all day, I think I've figured out where we've gone wrong.
See also: over, puzzle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
See also: over, puzzle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- puzzle over
- think out of the box
- think outside (of) the box
- think outside the box
- think back
- dread
- I dread to think
- I shudder/dread to think
- oh yeah?
- Oh, yeah?