labouring the point
labouring the point is the present participle and gerund of labour the point.
Meaning of labour the point
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)
- 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
- 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.
Questions about labouring the point
- What is labouring the point the present participle and gerund of?
- Labouring the point is the present participle and gerund of labour the point.
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