wax on

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wax on (third-person singular simple present waxes on, present participle waxing on, simple past and past participle waxed on)

  1. (intransitive, often followed by about) To discuss a particular topic at length.
    Synonyms: carry on, carp
    • 2023 July 6, Ali Trachta, “‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Vivante”, in The New York Times[1]:
      She sends the documentation Carrie’s way by text while — of all times — Steinem is waxing on about the new frontier of feminism.