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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

But now, after hearing him ramble on about the same things endlessly, the story seems forced.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2022

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

They are exiles from the cozy anarchy of casual conversation, where you can sort of ramble on about that time in the woods you definitely saw a UFO.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2021

Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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