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View synonyms for in a stew

in a stew



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Idioms and Phrases

Agitated, alarmed, or anxious. For example, Mary was in a stew about how her cake was going to turn out . It is also put as get in or into a stew , as in Every Saturday the minister got in a stew about Sunday's sermon . This expression transfers the mixture of meat and vegetables constituting a stew to overheated mixed emotions. [c. 1800]
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Example Sentences

Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.

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Problem two: it's not just the opponents you could predict who are in a stew.

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"I use it in most of our menus. It's terrific in a stew or spaghetti Bolognese, its umami flavour will honestly lift almost any dish."

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Pelosi’s alleged assailant, David DePape, 42, was apparently well-marinated in a stew of far-right conspiracy theories about “the elites/ruling class.”

I genuinely might have been fooled that it was an actual chunk of roast if it were in a stew or already shredded on a plate.

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