ramble on

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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He would wander the city and ramble on FaceTime to his friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

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

Or if I hadn’t forgotten, I’d at least buried it deep with all the things I wouldn’t say, and I stood there for a few minutes, watching Twig ramble on without really hearing her.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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