grind on

Fig. [for something] to drag on endlessly. The hours ground on without anything happening. I was so tired of waiting. The lecture ground on, minute after minute.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kjell	SHEL	Swedish, Norwegian
Kalev (2)	-	Biblical Hebrew
German (2)	GYER-mahn	Russian
ŠTefan	-	Slovene, Slovak, Croatian
Apollonia	-	Ancient Greek, Italian
Mihail	-	Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek