| Become fixated |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Haunt |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Preoccupy totally |
Puzzler Backwords |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Do some overthinking |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Be preoccupied about something (6) |
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| Preoccupy group of characters in jobs, essentially (6) |
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| Dominate your thoughts |
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| Become fixated |
Universal |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Preoccupy totally |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Geek out (over) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Bosses' unusual haunt (6) |
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| Fixate |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Unusually, boss gets direction to monopolise (6) |
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| Have a bee in one's bonnet |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Preoccupy, fixate |
The Times Concise |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Be single-minded |
|
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| Fill minds of unruly bosses (6) |
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| Fixate on, with "over" |
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| Totally preoccupy deranged bosses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Dominate thoughts |
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| Be constantly preoccupied (with something) (6) |
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| Haunt wicked bosses? |
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| Haunt jittery boss around the south-east (6) |
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| Fixate |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Get totally hooked on a new hobbysay |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Preoccupy or haunt (6) |
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| Have a preoccupation |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Become unhealthily fixated |
|
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| Occupy thoughts persistently |
|
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| Totally preoccupy deranged bosses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Be pre-occupied by, worry constantly about: - over your weight, eg |
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| Prey on the bosses in difficulty |
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| Loosened bosses' grip |
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| Preoccupy (6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Preoccupy (6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Persistly occupy thoughts |
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| Utterly preoccupy |
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| Fixate, preoccupy |
The Times Concise |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Fixate |
Universal |
12 Aug 2024 |
| With a somersault, dismisses boxer's holding grip |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Consume |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Be stuck on something |
Wall Street Journal |
28 May 2024 |
| Fixate |
Universal |
22 May 2024 |
| Harass the bosses in difficulty |
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| Be fanatical about |
|
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| Preoccupy |
Newsday |
12 May 2024 |
| Fill the mind |
|
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| Eat up new bosses (6) |
|
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| Preoccupy |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Preoccupy disgruntled bosses (6) |
|
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| Preoccupy |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Have a fixation |
Commuter |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Go off the deep - |
|
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| Occupy the mind completely (6) |
|
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| Get mentally stuck on something |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Preoccupy bosses dreadfully (6) |
|
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| Haunt of drunken bosses |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Totally preoccupy |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2024 |
| It will fill the mind of the boss of Southern Electrics initially (6) |
|
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| Preoccupy |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Fixate on something (6) |
|
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| Preoccupy intensely or excessively (6) |
|
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| Preoccupy, engross |
|
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| Can't get it out of your mind? (6) |
|
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| Doubts persist regularly and dominate (6) |
|
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| Dwell (on) |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Oscar and Elizabeth taking in small brood (6) |
|
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| Totally preoccupy deranged bosses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Jan 2024 |
| ------ over, become fixated with |
|
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| Worry nonstop |
|
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| Pore (over) |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Fixate |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Monopolize one's mind |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Fixate (on) |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2023 |
| ___ over (constantly think about or fixate on) |
|
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| Constantly worry about something |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Preoccupy |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Oct 2022 |
| Think about something all the time |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Fixate |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Think incessantly, turning over actresses' bombshell revelation |
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| Think too much (about) |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2022 |
| Have a fixation, with 'over' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Mar 2022 |
| Haunt with unnatural sobs describing evacuated entrails |
|
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| 'Horrible Bosses' to occupy one's thoughts |
|
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| Absorb some of Rob's essay ... |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Preoccupy |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Dwell (on) |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Haunt with unnatural sobs describing evacuated entrails |
|
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| ‘Horrible Bosses' to occupy one's thoughts |
|
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| Constantly think (about) |
Universal |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Continually preoccupy |
The Times Concise |
04 Aug 2021 |
| Focus single-mindedly on something |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Persistently preoccupy |
The Washington Post |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Persistently preoccupy |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Fixate (on) |
Universal |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Control rebellious bosses |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Be completely preoccupied |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Hyperfocus |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Fixate |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Dwell (on) |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Preoccupy |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Haunt of bosses for recreation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Fixate (on) |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Oscar and Elizabeth taking in small hound |
|
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| Sheds a tear dropping off leader on English boat with hound |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Do some overthinking |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Become fixated |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Keep thinking only about entering classes boxer set up |
|
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| Horrible bosses causing worry |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Preoccupy |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Torment the overweight, remove primary eatery on ship |
|
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| Totally preoccupy |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Criminal bosses think it through relentlessly |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Dwell excessively (on) |
Universal |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Totally preoccupy |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Bosses nastily dominate |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Be preoccupied with love and Elizabeth I having sex |
|
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| Think too much (about) |
Universal |
10 May 2020 |
| Initially one shilling to enter Elizabeth I's haunt? |
|
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| Dwell constantly (on) |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Dwell constantly (on) |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Haunt |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Haunt |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Think about something a lot |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Persistently preoccupy |
The Times Concise |
09 Mar 2020 |
| Preoccupy managers by switching leaders |
|
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| Oscar and Elizabeth taking in small hound |
|
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| Oscar and Elizabeth catching society's plague |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jan 2020 |
| To dominate, bosses about |
|
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| Be fixated |
Premier Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| To dominate, bosses about |
|
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| Haunt of drunken bosses |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Honours son after accepting son's rule |
|
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| Criminal bosses prey on someone's mind |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Be totally preoccupied |
USA Today |
10 May 2019 |
| Excessively focus (on) |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Excessively focus (on) |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Dwell constantly (on) |
Universal |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Jobs essentially kept control |
|
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| Monopolize one's mind |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2019 |
| Monopolize one's mind |
|
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| Fixate |
|
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| Be totally preoccupied |
|
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| Dwell constantly (on) |
|
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| Behave monomaniacally |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Excessively focus (on) |
|
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| Haunt of drunken bosses |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Be preoccupied about manager losing head over complaint |
|
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| Persistently haunt |
The Washington Post |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Persistently haunt |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Bose designs leading speaker system to monopolise |
|
|
| Get fixated |
Premier Sunday |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Preoccupy |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Be constantly preoccupied |
The Times Concise |
12 Oct 2018 |
| Be fixated on, with 'with' |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Think too much about a particular subject |
|
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| Love Elizabeth taking in second old hound |
|
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| Dwell (upon) |
Jonesin |
22 May 2018 |
| Bungling bosses continuously fill the mind |
|
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| Crazy bosses dominate |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2018 |
| Completely preoccupy |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Totally preoccupy deranged bosses |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Become completely absorbed |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Fixate |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2018 |
| To constantly think about |
|
|
| Think about only one thing |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Think about only one thing |
|
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| Become completely absorbed |
|
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| Persistently haunt |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Be fixated on, with "with" |
|
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| Stew (over) |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Preoccupy |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Oct 2017 |
| To persistently occupy the thoughts |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Preoccupy greatly |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2017 |
| Have a one-track mind |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2017 |
| Haunt |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2017 |
| Bosses (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Constantly worry (about) |
The Times Concise |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Have a preoccupation to back some bosses bothering other bosses |
|
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| Have a one-track mind |
|
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| Stew (over) |
|
|
| Extract of Ulysses Bono returned to haunt |
|
|
| Think persistently (about) |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2016 |
| Preoccupy to a distressing extent |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2016 |
| Captivate |
Canadiana |
21 Nov 2016 |
| Dwell too much (on) |
Premier Sunday |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Dwell unceasingly (on) |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Constantly worry |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Fixate (on) |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Lose sleep (over) |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2016 |
| Be preoccupied with |
Universal |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Display a one-track mind |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Technologist with confusion heads off in worry |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Preoccupy the mind of |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Dominate the thoughts of |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2016 |
| Preoccupy totally |
The Washington Post |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Stew (over) |
|
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| Be preoccupied with |
|
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| Constantly worry |
|
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| Dominate the thoughts of |
|
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| Lose sleep (over) |
|
|
| Worry compulsively |
New York Times |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Funny looking bosses prey on someone's mind |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Dwell (on) |
Premier Sunday |
11 Oct 2015 |
| Haunt |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Fixate (on) |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Fat heartless swines emptied haunt |
|
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| Dwell on old boy's meeting dismissing retrograde leader |
|
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| Be excessively preoccupied |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Can't stop thinking about something |
Family Time |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Think constantly about something |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Dwell (on) |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2015 |
| Think only huge doses ultimately contain deadly disease |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Feb 2015 |
| Preoccupy and then some |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2015 |
| Worry constantly (about) |
The Times Concise |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Think constantly about something |
|
|
| Be excessively preoccupied |
|
|
| Dwell (on) |
|
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| Fixate (on) |
|
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| Worry compulsively |
|
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| Think too much (about) |
|
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| Dwell (on) |
|
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| Preoccupy and then some |
|
|
| Top jobs, less worry |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Have fixations |
|
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| Beyond preoccupy |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Become fixated |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Be unable to let something go |
|
|
| Have a fixation (on) |
|
|
| Be unable to let go |
|
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| Fixate (on) |
|
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| Dwell on |
|
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| More than just worry |
|
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| Persistently think about something |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Have a fixation |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Can't stop thinking about something |
|
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| Worry persistently |
|
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| Fixate (on) |
|
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| Get hung-up (on) |
|
|
| Get hung-up (on) |
|
|
| More than just worry |
|
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| Keep thinking about, with "on" |
|
|
| Have a one-track mind |
|
|
| Have a one-track mind |
|
|
| More than just worry |
|
|
| Worry compulsively |
|
|
| Worry persistently |
|
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| Go gaga (over) |
|
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| Control |
|
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| Preoccupy and then some |
|
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| Really dwell (on) |
|
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| Dwell |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Dwell constantly (on) |
|
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| Dwell constantly (on) |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Think constantly (about) |
|
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| Become preoccupied |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Think constantly (about) |
|
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| Be preoccupied with |
|
|
| To be excessively preoccupied |
|
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| Become preoccupied |
|
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| Preoccupy the thoughts of |
|
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| Take hold of, in a way |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| Dwell (on) |
|
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| Fixate (on) |
|
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| Preoccupy completely |
|
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| Dwell (on) |
|
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| Have a one-track mind |
|
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| Totally preoccupy |
|
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| Haunt |
|
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| To be excessively preoccupied |
|
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| Really dwell on, with 'over' |
|
|
| Preoccupy one's thoughts |
|
|
| Take control of |
|
|
| Have a one-track mind |
|
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| Trouble persistently |
|
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| Fixate |
|
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| Preoccupy greatly |
|
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| Preoccupy excessively |
|
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| Stew (over) |
|
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| Fixate |
|
|
| Think too much (about) |
|
|
| Preoccupy to an extreme |
|
|
| Have fixations |
|
|
| Prey on one's mind |
|
|
| Think about too much |
|
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| Preoccupy |
|
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| Fixate |
|
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| Focus on one topic |
|
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| Dominate the thoughts of |
|
|
| Trouble persistently |
|
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| Dwell persistently |
|
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| Preoccupy completely |
|
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| Be unable to let go |
|
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| Beyond preoccupy |
|
|
| Be too single-minded |
|
|
| Worry persistently |
|
|
| Haunt |
|
|
| Fixate |
|
|
| Have fixations |
|
|
| Fixate |
|
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| Fix (on) |
|
|
| Go off the deep end |
|
|
| Can't stop thinking about something |
|
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| Preoccupy the mind of |
|
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| Preoccupy abnormally |
|
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| Beset |
|
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| Preoccupy greatly |
|
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| Haunt the mind |
|
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| Haunt. |
|
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| Preoccupy. |
|
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