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Verb

To ponder or brood over a given topic or issue

keep talking about

keep thinking about

spend too much time thinking about

give thought to

deliberate about

be in a brown study

turn over in one's mind

speculate about

put on thinking cap

conceptualize^US

give much thought to

entertain the idea of

ask oneself about

beat one's brains out about

conceptualise^UK

give consideration to

philosophise^UK

see in your mind's eye

have a think about

form a mental image of

stop to consider

conjure up a mental picture of

take under consideration

get the picture

conjure up an picture of

give some thought to

philosophize^US

picture in one's mind's eye

run up a flagpole

conjure up an image of

deliberate over

put on one's thinking cap about

deliberate upon

take into consideration

debate with oneself

think hard about

fantasize about

revolve in one's mind

visualize mentally

give it some thought

eat one's heart out over

be preoccupied by

spend time thinking about

discuss at length

argue the pros and cons of

toy with the idea of

entertain the possibility of

have thoughts about

give a thought to

consider the possibility of

entertain the thought of

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“A few lawyers' clerks and others who know this suitor by sight linger on the chance of his furnishing some fun and enlivening the dismal weather a little.”

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