"think through" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thinks through [present, singular, third-person], thinking through [participle, present], thought through [participle, past], thought through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> through}} 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. Translations (to fully consider): promyslet (Czech), doordenken (Dutch), cavilar (Galician), reflexionar (Galician), durchdenken (German), végiggondol (Hungarian), przemyśliwać [imperfective] (Polish), przemyśleć [perfective] (Polish), проду́мывать (prodúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проду́мать (prodúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), promisliti (Serbo-Croatian), razmisliti (Serbo-Croatian), cavilar (Spanish), tänka igenom (Swedish), проду́мувати (prodúmuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), проду́мати (prodúmaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

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