What does puzzle over mean?

puzzle over means "try to solve".

Is puzzle over a common word?

puzzle over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Puzzle over — meaning and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
try to solve
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What does puzzle over mean?: puzzle over means "try to solve".
Is puzzle over a common word?: puzzle over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for puzzle over come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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