Definition of labor/belabor the point
: to repeat or stress something too much or too often I don't want to labor/belabor the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.
Is it labor the point or belabor the point?
Ngram indicates that “labor the point,” (“to continue to repeat or explain something that has already been said and understood”) has been around for about 100 years longer than “belabor the point.” A Web search suggests that the two versions are now used interchangeably.
How do you use belabor in a sentence?
Examples of belabor in a Sentence
Her habit of belaboring the obvious makes her a very boring speaker. Please don't belabor the point. He uses his newspaper column to belabor writers for even the most minor grammatical errors.
