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dwell on
verb
(intr, preposition) to think, speak, or write at length
it's no good dwelling on your misfortunes
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, dwell upon. Linger over; ponder, speak or write at length. For example, Let's not dwell on this topic too long; we have a lot to cover today. [c. 1500]
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“Life of Pi” doesn’t dwell on the deaths of Pi’s loved ones.
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Benn says he has been "cleared three times" and is reluctant to dwell on the past.
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Prosecutors, he said, had dwelled on the lurid details of the affair, but that wasn’t evidence of murder.
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Perhaps Johnson’s own decade-long struggle to make “The Actor,” only his second film, inspired him to dwell on the value Paul puts on being an artist.
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“It’s really hard to build an impenetrable wall against our fears, but you don’t have to latch onto those fears and dwell on them either,” he added.
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