# keep on about

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/keep-on-about
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To harp on; to continue to speak or discuss something repeatedly.

## Examples

- Please stop keeping on about your old car.
- My boss keeps on about the deadline, even though we have plenty of time left.
- Despite the committee's decision to move forward, the chairman continued to keep on about the minor errors in the initial report.

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