write on and on

write on and on

To write a large amount, especially continually or to an excessive degree. I can't wait to get this thesis finished. I feel like I've just been writing on and on for the past three months. She wrote on and on in her complaint to the airlines. The academic writes on and on about the flaws of capitalism without offering a single meaningful suggestion of how to improve things.

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write on and on

to write too much; to write endlessly. You tend to write on and on. Try to focus on one point and leave it at that. I think you write on and on just to fill up space.

See also: and, on, write

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.