council of war noun

n [C] UK

Definition

a meeting held to decide what action to take in a serious or difficult situation

Parents are holding a council of war to decide what to do about the threatened closure of the school.

(Definition of council of war noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

If a problem preys on your mind, you think about it and worry about it a lot

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