"harp on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: harps on [present, singular, third-person], harping on [participle, present], harped on [participle, past], harped on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} harp on (third-person singular simple present harps on, present participle harping on, simple past and past participle harped on)
  1. (transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention. Tags: transitive Synonyms: belabour Translations (to continue to bring up a point of contention): զահլա տանել (zahla tanel) (Armenian), նադայել անել (nadayel anel) (Armenian), զզվցնել (zzvcʻnel) (Armenian), jankuttaa (Finnish), rabâcher (French), ressasser (French), redire (French), radoter (French), herunterleiern (German), abspulen (German), herbeten (German), herunterbeten (German), herunterschnurren (note: not everywhere known) (German), λέω τα ίδια και τα ίδια (léo ta ídia kai ta ídia) (Greek), redīcere (Latin), kunanu (Maori), талды́чить (taldýčitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), тверди́ть (tverdítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), mala om (Swedish), tjata (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention."
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zahla tanel",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "զահլա տանել"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nadayel anel",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "նադայել անել"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "zzvcʻnel",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "զզվցնել"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "jankuttaa"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "rabâcher"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "ressasser"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "redire"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "radoter"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "herunterleiern"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "abspulen"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "herbeten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "not everywhere known",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "herunterschnurren"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "léo ta ídia kai ta ídia",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "λέω τα ίδια και τα ίδια"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "redīcere"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "kunanu"
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          "roman": "taldýčitʹ",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
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          "word": "талды́чить"
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          "roman": "tverdítʹ",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
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          "word": "тверди́ть"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "mala om"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
          "word": "tjata"
        }
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        "To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention."
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        "(transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention."
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zahla tanel",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "զահլա տանել"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nadayel anel",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "նադայել անել"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zzvcʻnel",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "rabâcher"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "ressasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "redire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "radoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "herunterleiern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "abspulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "herbeten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "herunterbeten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "not everywhere known",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "herunterschnurren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "léo ta ídia kai ta ídia",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "λέω τα ίδια και τα ίδια"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "redīcere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "kunanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "taldýčitʹ",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "талды́чить"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tverdítʹ",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тверди́ть"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "mala om"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to continue to bring up a point of contention",
      "word": "tjata"
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  "word": "harp on"
}

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