hold forth
Verb
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Verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To extend or offer, propose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Talk at great length; expatiate; harangue.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5:
- The girls all liked to hear him talk. They often gathered in a little circle while he sat on a bench, and held forth to them, laughing.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5:
- Russian: разглаго́льствовать
- Spanish: hablar largo y tendido
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