- put on your thinking cap
- Meaning
Think hard.OriginDerives from the judicial practise of soberly donning a black cap before giving a sentence of death.
Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
put on your thinking cap
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put on your thinking cap — If you put on your thinking cap, you think very hard about something … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
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 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
get 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
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 … New idioms dictionary
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
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
thinking cap — noun A metaphor for a piece of headgear worn while one is thinking about how to solve a problem. This project looks like it will be a real challenge put your thinking cap on! … Wiktionary
thinking cap — UK / US noun get/put your thinking cap on old fashioned used for telling someone to start thinking about how to do something … English dictionary
