belabor

verb (used with object)

to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule: a book that belabors the provincialism of his contemporaries.

to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows.

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

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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).

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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