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RAMBLE ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ramble on mean?
• RAMBLE ON (verb)
The verb RAMBLE ON has 1 sense:
1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
Familiarity information: RAMBLE ON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
Context example:
This novel rambles on and jogs
Hypernyms (to "ramble on" is one way to...):
carry on; continue; go on; proceed (continue talking)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples
But when they sat together in the twilight, the time they used to enjoy so much, it was hard work for the old man to ramble on as usual, and harder still for the young one to listen to praises of the last year's success, which to him now seemed like love's labor lost.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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