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.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person labours the point · participle present labouring the point · participle past laboured the point · past laboured the point · alternative labor the point · alternative belabor the point · alternative belabour the point

  1. UKidiomaticTo continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.
    1 more example

    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 the point.

    1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian (moving picture)

    Synonyms: rub it in

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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rub it in
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APA

labour the point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20the%20point

MLA

“labour the point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20the%20point. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labour the point,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labour%20the%20point.

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