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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- think over
- think upon (someone or something)
- ruminate
- ruminate about
- ruminate about (something)
- ruminate on (something)
- give some thought to
- give thought to (something)
- give (something) thought
- bend (one's) mind