chews the cud (verb) chew the cud: to ruminate
Sinonime: announce, command,
compel,
constrain,
decide,
declare,
demand,
determine,
dictate,
enact,
force,
impose, lay down the law,
oblige,
ordain,
prescribe,
proclaim,
pronounce, put one's foot down, read the riot act,
require, rule,
set