to consider a problem from all angles

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• phase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. appearance, state, condition, situation, aspect; shape, form, angle. See circumstance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. condition, state, stage, aspect, facet, angle, side, form, appearance, point, period,… …   English dictionary for students

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