bang on

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adjective

chiefly British

: exactly correct or appropriate

bang on

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verb

banged on; banging on; bangs on

intransitive verb

British, informal

: to talk repeatedly or continuously about something

—usually used with about

I love fatherhood—I could bang on about kids forever.

—Guy Ritchie

Synonyms

Adjective

• correct
• accurate
• true
• good
• proper
• on the money

Examples of bang on in a Sentence

Adjective

a London theatre critic who can generally be relied upon for his bang on assessments of new plays in the West End

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Many times each day, and sometimes during the night, the old woman would bang on my door, anguished, calling out for her son: Peter, Peter! —Miriam Toews september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

This is not to bang on about SAP, a solid enterprise software firm liked by its global customers. —Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

Verb

Some students who were in lockdown inside the school believed there were two shooters, in part because people banged on the doors to their hiding places and claimed to be police officers. —Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025

Some students who were in lockdown in the school believed there were two shooters, in part because people banged on the doors to their hiding places and claimed to be police officers. —Shelly Bradbury, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1943, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1979, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bang on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon