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not dwell on

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not dwell on something

to not spend a lot of time thinking or talking about something I knew how important this test was but I didn't want to dwell on it. My mother's advice always was, "Don't dwell on it, do something about it!"

Usage notes: also used without not: She dwells on the past a little too much.

See also: dwell, not, on