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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 mannerplay

  Familiarity information: RAMBLE ON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAMBLE ON (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

jog; ramble; ramble on

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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