Meaning & use
harping
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Talking or complaining about a particular subject repeatedly and tediously.
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He kept harping on the same old complaint about the office coffee.
Stop harping about the mistake and help me fix it.
A note on using this word
"Harping" almost always appears with "on" or "on about," and derives from the repetitive plucking of a harp string.
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