harp on
Won't drop it
To harp on something is to dwell on it tediously, bringing it up again and again: She keeps harping on about my mistakes.
The image is of someone plucking the same string repeatedly.
Usually implies the listener is weary of hearing it: Don't harp on it—I already said I was sorry.
Think about excessively
- obsessDwell on compulsively
- fixateFocus obsessively on
- ruminateThink deeply and repeatedly
- broodHatchlings as a group
belabor · overthink · perseverate · fret · agonize · preoccupy · beat a dead horse
Say something again
- repeatDo or say again
- rehashRestate without freshness
- restateExpress again differently
- echoReflected sound wave
hammer away · emphasize · underscore · reinforce · insist · recapitulate · drive home · go over
dwell on
Think about excessively
brood · belabor · overthink · perseverate · fret · agonize · preoccupy · beat a dead horse
pester
Annoy with persistence
needle · carp · nitpick · kvetch · complain · grumble · whine · gripe · moan · fuss
reiterate
Say something again
echo · hammer away · emphasize · underscore · reinforce · insist · recapitulate · drive home · go over · stress
- music expressionsmusic to my ears, in tune, out of tune, play it by ear, strike a chord
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
- houndhound, pester, badger, harass, hassle
- mockingmock, ridicule, tease, taunt, jeer
harp onlet it go
Cease fixating on something
drop it · move on · gloss over · skim over · pass over
harp onignore
Refuse to notice
overlook · neglect · disregard · brush aside · dismiss
harp onlet go
Cease holding something
forgive and forget · accept · get over it · shrug off · dismiss