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thinking through

thinking through is the present participle and gerund of think through.

Meaning of think through

Verb

think through (third-person singular simple present thinks through, present participle thinking through, simple past and past participle thought through)

  1. To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.
    • The fact that North America was the epicenter of the cataclysm, though acknowledged, has profound implications for our understanding of the human past that archaeologists have never thought through—in part because the scale of the cataclysm is only now beginning to be fully mapped out.2020, Cory Doctorow, Attack Surface, Tor Books, →ISBN

Questions about thinking through

What is thinking through the present participle and gerund of?
Thinking through is the present participle and gerund of think through.

Words near thinking through in the dictionary

  1. thinking the sun shines out of someone's ass
  2. thinking the sun shines out of someone's backside
  3. thinking the sun shines out of someone's butt
  4. thinking the world of
  5. thinking the world revolves around one
  6. thinking through
  7. thinking twice
  8. thinking up
  9. thinking with one's dick
  10. thinking with one's little head
  11. thinking with portals

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