To ramble on is to talk or write for a long time about something that is not interesting to other people.
Examples of use:
1. My English teacher rambled on for hours about adverbial clauses and conjunctions.
2. We love getting letters from our friend in Italy, but she does ramble on about her life sometimes.
3. Will you stop rambling on – you're giving me a headache!
4. Do we have to go to the party? Mike will ramble on about his Star Wars collection until we all get bored and go home.
5. The politician rambled on about the Conservative Party's new policies.
6. Stop rambling on and tell us what you really think.
| infinitive | ramble on |
| present simple | ramble on and rambles on |
| -ing form | rambling on |
| past simple | rambled on |
| past participle | rambled on |
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