chew on something

No law against chewing on the thing, at any rate.

She had clearly been chewing on the question of women's political place and wanted to talk about it with John.

They still hadn't stopped chewing on each other when I left.

He seemed to be chewing on this, so I gave him reason.

I'll be chewing on all of this for some time.

The man chewed on that one for a moment or two.

This was news my family could chew on all night.

Let them chew on one another and leave us in peace for a time.

He thought that one over too, chewing on the inside of his mouth.

"The media is going to chew on us for weeks, maybe months."