Usually means: Eloquently elaborate or romanticize speech.
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  1. wax poetic: Wiktionary
  2. Wax Poetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Wax poetic: World Wide Words

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  1. wax poetic: Idioms

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  1. wax-poetic, wax poetic: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wax poetic)

verb:  (intransitive) To become increasingly verbose.
verb:  (often derogatory, intransitive) To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.

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