to take a long time to make a decision
to spend a large amount of time considering ones options before making a decision
to think sincerely about something
think over
consider
dwell on
think about
ponder
give consideration to
reflect / muse
I will need to mull things over before I decide whether or not to start my own business. It is a big decision.
You should mull over getting back to your ex again.
I am mulling over the expansion of my business to overseas.
You have been mulling things over for weeks now, if you don’t give them an answer soon, they will employ someone else.
My friend is mulling over the idea of adopting a baby.
She woke up early in the morning and started mulling things over.
We are mulling things over before finally choosing about where to live after our marriage.
If I had enough time to mull things over the situation might be different.
I need some more time to mull over my final decision.
The NASA engineers mulled over another possible option to resolve the blurry images issue with Hubble telescope.
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