belabor
11belabor the point — {v. phr.} To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. * / Lest I belabor the point, the teacher said, I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class. / …
12belabor the point — {v. phr.} To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. * / Lest I belabor the point, the teacher said, I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class. / …
13belabor\ the\ point — v. phr. To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. Lest I belabor the point, the teacher said, I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class …
14belabor — /bi lay beuhr/, v.t. 1. to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed. 2. to assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule: a book that belabors the… …
15belabor — Synonyms and related words: accent, accentuate, always trot out, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belt, birch, buffet, cane, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, drub, dwell on, dwell upon, emphasize, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping,… …
16belabor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. harp or dwell on. See repetition. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dwell on, harp on, overemphasize, run into the ground*; see emphasize , repeat 1 , 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dwell on, go on… …
17belabor — v. a. Thump, bethump, strike, knock, lay blows upon. See beat …
18belabor — v 1. beset, besiege, pelt, bombard, Sl. strafe; torment, beleaguer, harass, harry, hector, badger, hound, pester, bother, molest, be a thorn in [s.o. s] side, Brit. chivy. 2. agonize, labor, toil, strain, strive, exercise oneself, overwork… …
19belabor — be·labor …
20belabor — be•la•bor [[t]bɪˈleɪ bər[/t]] v. t. 1) to explain, worry about, or work at unduly: belaboring an obvious point[/ex] 2) to assail, as with ridicule 3) to beat; pummel Also, esp. brit. be•la′bour. Etymology: 1590–1600 …
