labour the point
English
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- belabor the point / belabour the point
Verb
labour the point (third-person singular simple present labours the point, present participle labouring the point, simple past and past participle laboured the point)
- To continue to discuss or explain something after ones listener has grasped what one is saying and does not wish to hear more.
References
- “labour the point” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “labour the point” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “labor the point” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “labor the point”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “labor the point”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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