BELABOUR


Meaning of BELABOUR in English

(~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

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