keep on
UK informal— phrasal verb with keep uk/kiːp/us/kiːp/verb kept, kept
to continue to talk in an annoying way about something:
Don't keep on, I'll sort it out in a minute.
He kept on at me about the money, even though I told him I hadn't got it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Talking too much
- barrage
- bend sb's ear idiom
- dozen
- edgeways
- have a lot to say for yourself idiom
- keep
- long-winded
- nineteen/ten to the dozen idiom
- overplay your hand idiom
- padding
- prolix
- rambling
- say
- talk
- talk sb's ass off idiom
- talk sb's head off idiom
- talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey idiom
- verbal diarrhoea
- wordy
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