BELABOUR


Meaning of BELABOUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪleɪbə(r) ]

( belabours, belabouring, belaboured)

Note: in AM, use 'belabor'

1.

If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. ( OLD-FASHIONED )

= pummel

VERB

2.

If you say that someone belabours the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.

I won’t belabour the point, for this is a familiar story.

= labour

VERB : V n

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