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chew the cud (third-person singular simple present chews the cud, present participle chewing the cud, simple past and past participle chewed the cud)

  1. (agriculture) To ruminate (of ruminant animals).
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

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