harp on

See also: harpon

English

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.

Synonyms

• belabour

Translations

to continue to bring up a point of contention

• Armenian: զահլա տանել (hy) (zahla tanel), նադայել անել (nadayel anel), զզվցնել (zzvcʻnel)
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: jankuttaa (fi)
• French: rabâcher (fr), ressasser (fr), redire (fr), radoter (fr)
• German: herunterleiern, abspulen (de), herbeten, herunterbeten (de), herunterschnurren (not everywhere known)
• Greek: λέω τα ίδια και τα ίδια (léo ta ídia kai ta ídia)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: redīcere
• Maori: kunanu
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: талды́чить (ru) impf (taldýčitʹ), тверди́ть (ru) impf (tverdítʹ)
• Swedish: mala om, tjata (sv)

Anagrams

• -orphan, orphan