"think with portals" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: thinks with portals [present, singular, third-person], thinking with portals [participle, present], thought with portals [participle, past], thought with portals [past]
Etymology: From a tagline for the 2007 puzzle video game Portal, "Now you're thinking with portals." Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> with portals}} think with portals (third-person singular simple present thinks with portals, present participle thinking with portals, simple past and past participle thought with portals)
  1. (typically in the gerund) To think in an inventive or lateral way. Wikipedia link: Portal (video game)
    Sense id: en-think_with_portals-en-verb-G48IPb9K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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