cook-off. chew sth over

This Intersession course was BYO(PB)B: Build Your Own Plant-Based Burger. 🍔 After learning in class about plant-based proteins, binders, fats, and flavorings, students created their own recipes and competed in a meatless cook-off.
Read the full story: hub.jhu.edu/…/…/plant-based-burgers-2499-em1-art1-nr-science

Few subjects are chewed over in Britain more than racial discrimination. Is it worse than in other European countries?

They are twice as likely as their parents to say they have been unfairly treated

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Children of British immigrants report more discrimination than their parents

They are twice as likely as their parents to say they have been unfairly treated

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\ ˈku̇k-ˌȯf  , -ˌäf \

Definition of cook-off

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: a cooking competition

First Known Use of cook-off

Noun

1936, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined above

chew sth over

— phrasal verb with chew verb [ I or T ]

UK 

 /tʃuː/ US 

 /tʃuː/

informal

to think about or discuss something carefully for a long time:

I've been chewing the problem over since last week.