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to jog

to jog

1 7.2
To continue in a boring way without a clear purpose
  • verb
  • /dʒɔg/
: alargarse
  • The teacher's lecture seemed to jog on endlessly, without capturing the students' attention.

Examples

  • During the meeting, his speech began to jog on without any clear point, causing several attendees to lose interest.

  • While discussing the project, she started to jog on with the same information repeatedly, which frustrated her colleagues.

  • So that you can keep clear of or alternatively manage low back pain, jog to a conclusion.

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  • Do you know what... why don't the two of you jog on and go and do your detective work somewhere else, all right?

  • Also, most companies don't blog for the same reasons that most people don't jog.

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Synonyms

to ramble
vsto jog
  • Informal
51 5.3

To talk or write for a long time without a clear point

is instead dull and monotonous, continuing without clear direction
to ramble on
vsto jog
  • Informal
17 6.2

Talk for a long time in an unclear way about small unimportant things

focuses on dull, aimless continuation rather than trivial subject matter
to run on
vsto jog
  • Informal
13 5.0

To talk for a long time without stopping, often giving too many details

is instead dull and aimless rather than merely overly long

Antonyms

980 3.2

Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act

39 3.5

To keep someone's full attention

Idioms

Help someone remember something they forgot

Compounds

jog trot
  • Jargon
1 8.4

A gentle, steady way a horse moves between walking and trotting

How Dull

to drone
14 5.8
to plod
12 5.5
to jog
1 7.2
to ramble
  • Informal
51 5.3
meander
1 5.2

Surface Forms

jog infinitive
jogged past
jogged past participle
jogging present participle
jogs third person singular

Etymology

Jog meaning to continue in a dull, aimless way probably comes from the sense of moving on in small, repeated steps without purpose, so to jog on can mean to go on in a slow, rather boring way.