mull over
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See mull.
Verb
[edit]mull over (third-person singular simple present mulls over, present participle mulling over, simple past and past participle mulled over)
- (transitive) To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate.
- I have been mulling over this math problem for weeks.
- 1998, John Tuccillo, Buddy West, Betsy West, Targeting the Over 55 Client: Your Guide to Today's Fastest Growing Market, Dearborn Real Estate, →ISBN, page 45:
- Sharing with sellers ahead of time other terms of the sales contract—for example, type of financing, closing date, amount of deposit, inclusions and exclusions—and giving them time to mull over their importance helps to put these issues in proper perspective when the real offer arrives.
Synonyms
[edit]- ponder
- chew over
- See also Thesaurus:ponder