belabor
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.
Origin of belabor
1- Also especially British, be·la·bour .
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How to use belabor in a sentence
In the wagon a fellow is in the act of kissing a girl, while an old woman belabours him about the head.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperBut Judy now comes behind him with a broomstick and belabours him with all her might.
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. | Hermann Pckler-MuskauSo when they apparently act on the Governor's view of Mrs. Pitt, he turns round and belabours them.
Lord Chatham | Archibald Phillip Primrose RoseberyAnd the giant belabours him with the stake, and makes him bend beneath the blows.
Four Arthurian Romances | Chretien DeTroyesA church is more fantastic to me than the room in which Punch belabours Judy.
The Woman With The Fan | Robert Hichens
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