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PUZZLE OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does puzzle over mean?
• PUZZLE OVER (verb)
The verb PUZZLE OVER has 1 sense:
1. try to solve
Familiarity information: PUZZLE OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Try to solve
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "puzzle over" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
He did not question it, nor puzzle over it.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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