put\ on\ one's\ thinking\ cap

put\ on\ one's\ thinking\ cap
v. phr.
To think hard and long about some problem or question.

Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question.


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  • put on one's thinking-cap — To devote some time to thinking about some problem • • • Main Entry: ↑think …   Useful english dictionary

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  • put on one's thinking cap — {v. phr.} To think hard and long about some problem or question. * /Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on one's thinking cap — {v. phr.} To think hard and long about some problem or question. * /Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put on one's thinking cap — think very deeply, meditate on …   English contemporary dictionary

  • put on one's thinking cap — informal meditate on a problem. → think of …   English new terms dictionary

  • put on one's thinking cap — informal meditate on a problem …   Useful english dictionary

  • thinking cap — n. (old fashioned) to put on one s thinking cap ( to ponder a problem ) * * * (old fashioned) to put on one s thinking cap ( to ponder a problem ) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • thinking cap — See: PUT ON ONE S THINKING CAP …   Dictionary of American idioms

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