Timeline for another phrase to express dwelled on
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| Oct 19, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1582748408124686338 | ||
| Dec 18, 2014 at 10:05 | answer | added | Coty Johnathan Saxman | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 22:36 | comment | added | Joe Black | Typical AmE usage includes thinking. - AmE speaker | |
| S Dec 17, 2014 at 17:22 | history | suggested | Nicole | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2014 at 16:51 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Dec 17, 2014 at 16:19 | answer | added | Misti | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 15:17 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Joe: I take your point, but note that OED says now, esp. to treat at length or with insistence, in speech or writing. | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 15:13 | answer | added | user98955 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:46 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:44 | comment | added | Joe Dark | @JoeBlack Brood is a good alternative. Seethe might work as well, depending on the context. | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:44 | answer | added | Nicole | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:41 | comment | added | Joe Dark | @FumbleFingers As well as the definitions you've given; Dwell on/upon, does indeed mean, to think about. It does in my dictionary at least. | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:37 | comment | added | Joe Black | ^ the comments are not entirely true. The post usage is in line with the received meaning of "dwell on" expression. This is its meaning from the Webseters: a : to keep the attention directed —used with on or upon <tried not to dwell on my fears> b : to speak or write insistently —used with on or upon <reporters dwelling on the recent scandal> | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:27 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think it's Unclear what OP is asking for here, since dwell on X, mull X over, and mope about X all mean significantly different things, and it's not obvious to me which of those (or which other) sense OP wants top convey. | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:04 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 14:01 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You could have considered dwelt on as a credible alternative to the question in your title. But you've obviously misunderstood the expression - it means to express one's thoughts at length and/or exclusively on one particular subject (in a speech or discourse involving an audience). That's not at all the same thing as thinking long and hard about something (mull, ruminate, which would normally be a solitary activity). | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 13:55 | answer | added | Marv Mills | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 13:52 | comment | added | user66974 | harp on: to talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree. | |
| Dec 17, 2014 at 13:47 | history | edited | Matt E. Эллен | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2014 at 13:45 | history | asked | Joe Black | CC BY-SA 3.0 |