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stew
(redirected from stew in own juice)

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be in a stew (old-fashioned)
to be worried and confused about something. She was in a stew over the party arrangements.

leave someone to stew

if you leave someone to stew, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. I could have said a few comforting words and made him feel better but I thought I'd let him stew a while instead.
See also: leave

stew in your own juice/juices (informal)

if you leave someone to stew in their own juice, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. She'll calm down - just leave her to stew in her own juices for a bit.
See also: juice

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