think on (someone or something)
think on (someone or something)
To contemplate, ruminate over, or reflect on something. I've been thinking on this issue all week, and I've come up with a few possible solutions. A: "I'm not willing to uproot my whole family just for some job." B: "Look, just think on it for a couple days, all right?" I found myself thinking on my best friend from elementary school the other day. I wonder what ever happened to him?
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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.
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