harp upon
verb
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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Roget 104:
repeat,
iterate,
reiterate,
reproduce,
echo,
reecho,
drum,
harp upon,
battologize†,
hammer,
redouble.
recur,
revert,
return,
reappear,
recurse [Comp.];
renew
etc.
(restore)
660.
rehearse;
do over again,
say over again;
ring the changes on;
harp on the same string;
din in the ear,
drum in the ear;
conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions†,
begin again,
go over the same ground,
go the same round,
never hear the last of;
resume,
return to,
recapitulate,
reword.
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Roget 143:
continue,
persist;
go on,
jog on,
keep on,
run on,
hold on;
abide,
keep,
pursue,
stick to its course,
take its course,
maintain its course;
carry on,
keep up.
sustain,
uphold,
hold up,
keep on foot;
follow up,
perpetuate;
maintain;
preserve
etc.
604.1;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104.
keep going,
keep alive,
keep the pot boiling,
keep up the ball,
keep up the good work;
die in harness,
die with one's boots on;
hold on the even tenor of one's way,
pursue the even tenor of one's way.
let be;
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.];
quieta non movere [Lat.];
let things take their course;
stare decisis
(Jurisprudence).
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