Usually means: Focus excessively on something negative.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. dwell on: Merriam-Webster
  2. dwell on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dwell on: Vocabulary.com
  4. dwell on: Wiktionary
  5. dwell on: Dictionary.com
  6. dwell on: Rhymezone
  7. dwell on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. dwell on: FreeDictionary.org
  9. dwell on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. dwell on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dwell on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dwell on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dwell on: Idioms

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verb:  delay


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