dwell on
phrasal verbdwell on/upon something
- to think or talk a lot about something, especially something it would be better to forget
- So you made a mistake, but there's no need to dwell on it.
Extra Examples- Her mind dwelled gloomily on the future.
- I don't want to dwell on this subject for too long.
- She had learnt never to dwell on what might have been.
- They had no time to dwell on present miseries.
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- to look at something for a long time