(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Note: in AM, use 'belabor'
1.
If you ~ someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly. (OLD-FASHIONED)
= pummel
VERB
2.
If you say that someone ~s the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
I won’t ~ the point, for this is a familiar story.
= labour
VERB: V n