labour the point

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English

Alternative forms

labor the point

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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