deliberate over (someone or something)
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To consider, discuss, or confer about someone or something, often for a lengthy period of time. This is a big decision, so I need some more time to deliberate over it with my family, all right? We deliberated over all the applicants, eventually coming to a unanimous decision about whom we should hire. How long are the members of the jury going to deliberate over this verdict?
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deliberate over someone or something
to discuss and argue about someone or something. We will deliberate over this question tomorrow. We have been deliberating over Karen long enough.
See also: deliberate, over
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