chew on

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, on.

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Meanings

verbchew on (third-person singular simple present chews on, present participle chewing on, simple past and past participle chewed on)

present singular third person chews on · participle present chewing on · participle past chewed on · past chewed on

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chew, on.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo consider, to ponder.

    Once you chew on it that way, you start thinking, jeez, maybe QAnon was almost inevitable.

    2020 September 22, Clive Thompson, “QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game”, in Wired, →ISSN
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APA

chew on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20on

MLA

“chew on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chew on,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chew%20on.

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