How to pronounce harp

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What harp means

verb

Most people know harp in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To keep bringing up one subject in an annoying way

In a sentence: Mom keeps harping on the muddy shoes I left by the door.

Where it comes from: It is the same word as harp, the stringed instrument, which comes from the Old English hearpe.

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