chew over
Mull it through
To chew over something is to think about it carefully, turning it around in your mind as you would turn food in your mouth: Let me chew it over and get back to you.
The phrase suggests deliberate, unhurried consideration rather than quick decision-making.
mull
Deliberate at length
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- considerThink about carefully
- reflectReturn light or thought
meditate · cogitate · weigh · deliberate · muse · evaluate · assess · examine · analyze · study
brood
Hatchlings as a group
worry · fixate · agonize · fret · overthink · gnaw at · replay · revisit · belabor · second-guess
deliberation speed
chew oversnap judgment
Rapid evaluation without deliberation
jump to conclusions · shoot from the hip · rush to judgment · knee-jerk reaction · wing it
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