belabor

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We agree on this point; no need to belabor it.

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Quick take

to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

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verb

to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

verb

attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"

verb

beat soundly

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for belabor.

verb

to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

verb

attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"

verb

beat soundly

Example sentences

We agree on this point; no need to belabor it.

This is already covered well by other comments here, so I won't belabor it.

Not to belabor the point, but the reason saying these things can harm a reputation is that they are bad things to say.

To belabor the point: Keeping one of the prices fixed, you should prefer that it be 20 percent more expensive on the weekend.

I think this was the more important bit: Again, to belabor the obvious: The illegal version isn't just free.

[1] I did not want to belabor the point anymore but suffice it to say I think there is a serious "class/privilege problem" with this philosophy.

To belabor the obvious: Time Machine saves old versions for you even if you don't have a separate backup disk, subject to available disk space.

Again, not to belabor a point but in a previous HN post, I noted that Microsoft Surface was likely an earlier prototype with multi-touch, as well as demos of a working "Pinch-to-zoom" back in 2006.

I doubt I have to belabor how much life I missed out on because of that...After a lot of soul-searching, and a rather expensive and painfully-wrought epiphany or seven, I realized exactly what I describe above: given who I was at the time, who the other people were, the circumstances we were all in, &c, there simply wasn't another outcome for the situation.