wax poetic
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[edit]wax poetic (third-person singular simple present waxes poetic, present participle waxing poetic, simple past and past participle waxed poetic)
- (intransitive) To become increasingly verbose.
- (often derogatory, intransitive) To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.