dwell on
verb
1 dwell on
Delay.
synonym: linger over.
Roget 573:
be diffuse
etc.
adj.;
run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate;
launch out,
branch out;
rant.
maunder,
prose;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104;
dwell on,
insist upon.
digress,
ramble,
battre la campagne [Fr.],
beat about the bush,
perorate,
spin a long yarn,
protract;
spin out,
swell out,
draw out;
battologize†.
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