think through

phrasal 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.

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Open, shame-free conversations help teens think through their choices and feel supported by their parents. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025 That’s a tension that Wyeth himself spends a lot of the novel thinking through. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Whether isolating public officials for harassment, doxing, intimidation, and ultimately attempted assassination, it is all carefully planned, executed and thought through. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Whether isolating public officials for harassment, doxing, intimidation, and ultimately attempted assassination, it is all carefully planned, executed and thought through. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for think through

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“Think through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20through. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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