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Phrase(s): linger on something
to delay moving on to the next thing; to remain at something and not move on. • Don’t linger on that one problem so long. • I don’t want to waste a lot of time lingering on this question., Phrase(s): linger on
to remain for a long time; to exist longer than would have been thought. • This cold of mine just keeps lingering on. • Some of the guests lingered on for a long time after the party was over., Phrase(s): linger on (after someone or something) [and] stay on (after someone or something)
to outlast someone or something; to live longer than someone else or long after an event. • Aunt Sarah lingered on only a few months after Uncle Herman died. • She lingered on and was depressed for a while.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs