Belabor

//bɪˈleɪ.bə// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    US spelling of belabour. US, alt-of

    "In terms of the overall story of the finale, it’s smart how much emphasis the episode puts on the juice in the portal gun, as that’s going to be a major factor in “Rickmurai Jack;” the portal gun is low key the most important invention in Rick’s arsenal, and the episode does a good job of underlining that without belaboring the point."

  2. 2
    attack verbally with harsh criticism wordnet
  3. 3
    beat soundly wordnet
  4. 4
    to work at or to absurd length wordnet

Example

More examples

"In terms of the overall story of the finale, it’s smart how much emphasis the episode puts on the juice in the portal gun, as that’s going to be a major factor in “Rickmurai Jack;” the portal gun is low key the most important invention in Rick’s arsenal, and the episode does a good job of underlining that without belaboring the point."

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon, about, over”) + labor.

Related phrases

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