chew over

The average man will leave terrapin and champagne in a minute to chew over the luxury of feeling abused.

I chew over a phrase like William James's "states of consciousness as such" until I fall asleep.

That move gave 'em something to chew over anyway, and kind of took their minds off what I'd been askin' about Ellery.

Fie, fie upon the flaccid, castrated century, that has no other use than to chew over again the deeds of the past.

As it was, she was left to chew over and over the cud of her mournful anticipations.