belabour
Britishverb
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to beat severely; thrash
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to attack verbally; criticize harshly
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an obsolete word for labour
Example Sentences
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"I'm sorry to belabour the point but I have to say that I'm confused by the discussion," Seamus Fernandez of Guggenheim Securities said later.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
You’d pick … but let’s not belabour the point.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2021
That’s a state of affairs they’ll want to address sooner rather than later - and everyone’s said sorry, so let’s not belabour the point - before taking things from there.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2021
Acknowledge, but don’t belabour, the dreadful grief and pain that the person must be feeling.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2017
If the challenge was accepted, the fool knew so well how to parry the lance, throw his opponent on his back, and belabour him with his club, that the laugh was always on his side.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
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