think through

verb

thought through; thinking through; thinks through

: to think about all the different parts or effects of (something) for a period of time especially in an effort to understand or make a decision about it

I need time to think this through.

We have thought through the matter and have come to a decision.

Examples of think through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Working with the era's primitive technology, Margaret thought through the various mishaps that could occur on a spaceflight and designed the software to handle every contingency. — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

On a remote team especially, a disagreement typed out and thought through lands very differently than one blurted mid-call. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

The stranger watched it with deathly seriousness, forehead furrowed as if thinking through some impossible problem. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

And educators are disheartened by the cognitive offloading caused by the chatbots, as students are increasingly turning to AI chatbots to answer questions and do their homework instead of thinking through assignments. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026

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