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ramble on

Idioms  
  1. Speak or write at length and with many digressions, as in As the speaker rambled on for at least two hours, the audience became restless. This idiom was first recorded in 1710.


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I can ramble on for days, but I'd swap my talking with Joe's engine any day of the week.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2023

So yeah, to not ramble on forever, it's easy to find replacements even here because I would never think New Orleans would even cater to vegetarians at all.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2023

But Mr. Biden, then as now, had a tendency to ramble on and commit his share of gaffes.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2021

Sure, some of the pieces ramble on and could have lost a few pounds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2021

With so much to see, I was content to ramble on, pausing to look at whatever took my interest, of which there was no scarcity.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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