Mull over
Mull over verb - To give serious and careful thought to.
Usage example: mull over the idea for a while and then let me know
Question
Question verb - To give serious and careful thought to.
Usage example: question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?
Mull over and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mull over" instead a verb "Question".
Both terms in one sentence
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The question essentially drove Ravel to mull over it for an unknown number of millennia and slowly drove her mad.
Source: Armor-Piercing Question -
That's the question that a woodcutter and a priest mull over as they explain the situation to a third person (and, by extension, the audience) while they wait out the rain under the gatehouse roof of the ruined Rashomon temple.
Source: Film / Rashomon -
Applebloom gets to mull over the question while enjoying her new leg cast.
Source: Fanfic / Assumptions
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