Idiom
considering cap
Meaning
An imaginary hat worn to aid careful thought or deliberation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to put on my thinking cap to solve this puzzle.”
“Before making a final decision about the new house, she put on her thinking cap to weigh all the pros and cons.”
“The architect sat in silence for an hour, putting on his thinking cap to devise a structural solution that would satisfy both the client and the city planners.”
Examples
simple
“I need to put on my thinking cap to solve this puzzle.”
contextual
“Before making a final decision about the new house, she put on her thinking cap to weigh all the pros and cons.”
complex
“The architect sat in silence for an hour, putting on his thinking cap to devise a structural solution that would satisfy both the client and the city planners.”
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