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labour the point

labour the point verb: to continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.

Verb

labour the point (third-person singular simple present labours the point, present participle labouring the point, simple past and past participle laboured the point)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.
    • Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had. And not just from us! From our fathers and from our fathers' fathers.
      Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
      Reg: Yeah.
      Loretta: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
      Reg: All right, Stan, don't labour...1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian (moving picture)
    Synonyms:
    rub it in

Synonyms of labour the point

Forms of labour the point

third-person singular presentlabours the point
present participlelabouring the point
past participlelaboured the point
pastlaboured the point
alternative formlabor the point
alternative formbelabor the point
alternative formbelabour the point

Questions about labour the point

What does labour the point mean?
Labour the point means to continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.
What part of speech is labour the point?
Labour the point is a verb.
What is the past tense of labour the point?
The past tense of labour the point is laboured the point.

Words near labour the point in the dictionary

  1. Labour Party
  2. labour power
  3. labour relations
  4. labour share
  5. labour shares
  6. labour the point
  7. labour theory of value
  8. labour union
  9. labour unions
  10. labour value theory
  11. Labour Zionism

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