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mootingverbpresent participle of moot to present or bring forward for discussionconservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted bringing up, broaching, introducing, placing, raising alluding (to), citing, mentioning, naming, referring (to)offering, proposing, suggestingairing, expressing, speaking (of), talking (about), ventilating, ventinginterjecting, interruptingdebating, discussing, thrashing (out or over) censoring, hushing (up), quieting, silencing, suppressing to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinionthe issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike agitating, arguing, bandying, batting (around or back and forth), canvassing(also canvasing), debating, discussing, disputing, hashing (over or out), talking over reviewing, speaking (about), talking (about)broaching, introducing, propounding, raising, stirring upforging, hammering out, talking out, thrashing (out), wrestling (with)chewing over, considering, deliberating, weighing |