verb
try to solve (Freq. 3)
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Somebody ——s something
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ˈpuzzle ˌover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they puzzle over he/she/it puzzles over present participle puzzling over past tense puzzled over past participle puzzled over] phrasal verb
to think hard about someone or something for a long time and try to understand them
I’ve puzzled over this question for a while, and I’m still not sure what the right answer is.
Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym
Main entry: puzzle
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puzzle over [phrasal verb]
He's been puzzling over whether to buy a new car.
We puzzled over the best arrangement for the furniture.
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Main Entry: ↑puzzle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.