- put thinking cap on
- put (your) thinking cap on
to start to think seriously about how to solve a problem.
Let me put my thinking cap on and see if I can come up with an answer.
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put thinking cap on
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put your thinking cap on — put (your) thinking cap on to start to think seriously about how to solve a problem. Let me put my thinking cap on and see if I can come up with an answer … New idioms dictionary
put on your thinking cap — If you put on your thinking cap, you think very hard about something … The small dictionary of idiomes
thinking cap — thinking ,cap noun put your thinking cap on SPOKEN used for telling someone to start thinking about how to do something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
put on one's thinking cap — ► put on one s thinking cap informal meditate on a problem. Main Entry: ↑thinking … English terms dictionary
put on one's thinking-cap — To devote some time to thinking about some problem • • • Main Entry: ↑think … Useful english dictionary
put your thinking cap on — get/put/your thinking cap on old fashioned phrase used for telling someone to start thinking about how to do something Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym Main entry: thinking cap * * … Useful english dictionary
thinking cap — noun a state in which one thinks • Hypernyms: ↑state of mind, ↑frame of mind * * * noun, pl ⋯ caps [count] informal used to refer to the act of trying to solve a problem by thinking carefully about it The students weren t wearing their thinking… … Useful english dictionary
put on your thinking cap — If you tell someone to put their thinking cap on, you ask them to find an idea or solve a problem by thinking about it. Now here s this week s quiz; it s time to put your thinking caps on! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
thinking cap — n. (old fashioned) to put on one s thinking cap ( to ponder a problem ) * * * (old fashioned) to put on one s thinking cap ( to ponder a problem ) … Combinatory dictionary
put on one's thinking cap — think hard and long about something I will put on my thinking cap and try and decide what to do about finding a new job … Idioms and examples
