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belabourbe‧la‧bour British English, belabor American English /bɪˈleɪbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive]   VERB TABLEbelabour (BrE) |
| Present | I, you, we, they | belabour (BrE) | | he, she, it | belabours (BrE) | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | belaboured (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have belaboured (BrE) | | he, she, it | has belaboured (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had belaboured (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will belabour | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have belaboured (BrE) |
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| Present | I | am belabouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | is belabouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | are belabouring (BrE) | | Past | I, he, she, it | was belabouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | were belabouring (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been belabouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | has been belabouring (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been belabouring (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be belabouring (BrE) | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been belabouring (BrE) |
- There is no need to belabour the point here.
to talk too much about a particular thing► go on also keep on British especially spoken to keep talking or complaining about something, in a way that is annoying or boring: go on about: · I wish you'd stop going on about how expensive everything is.· Lucy keeps on about little things that happened in the past until I want to scream.go on and on (=keep talking for a long time): · He went on and on until we were all practically asleep. ► harp on to keep mentioning something in a way that other people find annoying: · Stop harping on the weather - we can't change it.harp on about: · If you harp on about their bad habits too long, the kids will just stop listening. ► labour/belabour the point British /belabor the point American to express the same idea again and again with the intention of making it clear, but with the result that people get bored: · Everyone agrees with what you said - there's no need to belabor the point.· If the students aren't listening it may be because the teacher is labouring the point too much. ► hold forth to talk to a group of people you are with, giving your opinions or telling a story in a way that does not let other people have a chance to talk - use this when you think the situation is slightly humorous: · Grandma was holding forth as usual, retelling all the old family stories.hold forth about/on: · Tom was in the corner, holding forth about the economic situation.· After a few drinks, he would hold forth for hours on government conspiracy theories. ► belabour the point- There is no need to belabour the point here.
1belabour the point formal to keep emphasizing a fact or idea in a way that is annoying2 old-fashioned to hit someone or something hard |