"drone on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: drones on [present, singular, third-person], droning on [participle, present], droned on [participle, past], droned on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drone on (third-person singular simple present drones on, present participle droning on, simple past and past participle droned on)
  1. (intransitive) to talk in a boring manner for a long time. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Talking Translations (Translations): pérorer (French), marudzić [imperfective] (Polish), pomarudzić [perfective] (Polish)
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        "(intransitive) to talk in a boring manner for a long time."
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        "(intransitive) to talk in a boring manner for a long time."
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