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Synonyms

mull over

Idioms  

  1. Ponder, think about, as in She mulled over the offer for some time and then turned it down. [Late 1800s]

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The two clubs with most to mull over after seeing their top-four hopes dealt a blow are Liverpool and Chelsea.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The unmade Quincy album made me wonder if writing this book made you mull over other missed opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

We should mull over the reasons for his success, which might begin with the fundamental question: Is it a requirement of the genre that a punk must be angry?

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

We mull over alternative routes to avoid traffic, cook up last-minute dinner plans and mentally prepare for tomorrow’s meeting.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

Turtle paused in a pretense of letting the heirs mull over her last words, trying to figure out what to do next.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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