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harping on

VERB

repeat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dwell on nag

WEAK

bother disturb dwell upon harp upon pester

Example Sentences

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"We need reinforcements, but I don't want to keep harping on about it. I don't need to beg for players that we need."

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

His harping on this point could come across as doctrinaire.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Kavanaugh then pivoted, harping on “detransitioners”—people who transitioned, and then stopped identifying as transgender.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

But that the larger campaign is harping on this suggests they really think it's smart strategy.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens