think on (something)

think on (something)

To consider, ponder, or reflect on something. You make an intriguing offer. Let me think on it for now. I started thinking on everything I said during the interview.

See also: on, think

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think (up)on someone or something

to contemplate someone or something; to muse or reflect on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) I thought upon Abraham Lincoln and how much we all owe him. I thought on all the fine things we used to do.

See also: on, think

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