muse

muse over (someone or something)

To ponder thoughtfully or distractedly about someone or something. I keep musing over what Tom said the other day—could it really be true? She mused over Jonathan and his dreamy blue eyes for the entire car journey home.
See also: muse, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

muse over someone or something

to reflect or meditate on someone or something. We were just now musing over Sarah and the way she has changed. Tom is so strange. I was musing over his behavior just yesterday.
See also: muse, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • muse over
  • muse over (someone or something)
  • ruminate
  • ruminate about
  • ruminate about (something)
  • ruminate on (something)
  • make (something) against (someone or something)
  • make against
  • think over
  • send under
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Immediately after closure of the knee joint, the rats' knees were unequally distributed into 3 groups (Table 1): control group--PBS injection; non-Muse group--an intra-articular injection of non-Muse cells (5 x [10.sup.4]); and Muse group--an intraarticular injection of Muse cells (5 x [10.sup.4]).
Open all day, every day (brunch, lunch and dinner), Muse is a wonderful place to meet friends for a coffee or something stronger.
Muse cells, unlike many other pluripotent cells, do not cause tumors.
While the verb muse might appear to have a connection to museum, it is the noun muse that plays a role in the history of the word.
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Hinds Community College (Miss.) President Clyde Muse was honored with a state Senate Concurrent Resolution for his role in the invention of the game of T-ball.
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