Usually means: Ruminating partially digested food repeatedly.
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  1. chew the cud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chew the cud: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chew the cud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. chew the cud: Wiktionary
  5. chew the cud: Dictionary.com
  6. chew the cud: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Chew the cud: Phrase Finder
  8. chew the cud: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. chew the cud: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (chew the cud)

verb:  (agriculture) To ruminate (of ruminant animals).
verb:  (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

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