Idiom
linger on
Meaning
To continue to ponder or observe something for longer than normal.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not linger on your past mistakes.”
“The photographer liked to linger on the details of the old building before taking the shot.”
“While the rest of the audience moved toward the exit, he chose to linger on the final, haunting notes of the symphony.”
Examples
simple
“Do not linger on your past mistakes.”
contextual
“The photographer liked to linger on the details of the old building before taking the shot.”
complex
“While the rest of the audience moved toward the exit, he chose to linger on the final, haunting notes of the symphony.”
Key words
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