take under advisement
Related to take under advisement: On a par, pay heed, off base, give rise to, in accord with, settled down
take (something) under advisement
To consider or deliberate upon some advice, request, idea, warning, etc., very carefully. Sometimes used sarcastically or ironically to imply the opposite. Thank you for your suggestion. The head office would like to take it under advisement for now. We will be taking all these formal complaints under advisement. Wow, thanks for the amazing advice, Dad. I'll be sure to take it under advisement.
See also: advisement, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take something under advisement
to hear an idea and think about it carefully. It's a good idea, but I'll have to take it under advisement. The suggestion was taken under advisement, and a reply was not expected for at least a month.
See also: advisement, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- advisement
- take (something) under advisement
- take (something) under consideration
- a (real) winner
- mom and apple pie
- motherhood and apple pie
- vote of confidence
- (well,) I never!
- twenty-twenty hindsight, with
- this just in