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belabor
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be·la·bor
/
bɪˈleɪ
bər
/
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[
bih-
ley
-ber
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary:
He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.
2.
to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule:
a book that belabors the provincialism of his contemporaries.
3.
to
beat
vigorously; ply with heavy blows.
4.
Obsolete
.
to
labor
at.
Also,
especially British,
be·la·bour.
Origin:
1590–1600;
be-
+
labor
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belabour
or
(
US
)
belabor
(bɪˈleɪbə)
—
vb
1.
to beat severely; thrash
2.
to attack verbally; criticize harshly
3.
an obsolete word for
labour
belabor
or
(
US
)
belabor
—
vb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
belabor
c.1600, "to exert one's strength upon," from
be-
+
labor
. But figurative sense of "assail with words" is attested somewhat earlier (1590s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Not to
belabor
the point, but it hardly matters what you think.
Ford agreed that this approach is fine, but he prefers to not
belabor
an
exemption.
Not to
belabor
the point, but my stepson also still has platelets that do a
decent job of knitting surface wounds without factor.
We will not
belabor
the obvious, for it is difficult to imagine a much clearer
case than the case at bar.
Well constructed as these stories are, some may seem to
belabor
their themes.
None felt it necessary to
belabor
the fact of race, though all alluded to it.
There is no need to
belabor
the wobbly nature of this third term.
Well constructed as these stories are, some may seem to
belabor
their themes with built-in explanations.
It's important to shine a light on lobbying, more than to
belabor
this inevitable calling.
Perpetual flashbacks initiating from a sketchily attended present stall and
belabor
the novel's first few chapters.
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