belabour
verb
[ bɪˈleɪbə ]
• attack (someone) physically or verbally.
• "Bernard was belabouring Jed with his fists"
Similar:
beat,
hit,
strike,
smack,
batter,
pummel,
pound,
buffet,
rain blows on,
thrash,
bombard,
pelt,
beat up,
assault,
attack,
set upon,
weigh into,
beat up on,
wallop,
whack,
clout,
clobber,
bop,
biff,
sock,
deck,
plug,
knock about,
knock around,
give someone a good hiding,
do over,
work over,
rough up,
lay into,
tear into,
lace into,
sail into,
get stuck into,
set about,
have a go at,
whale,
light into,
smite,
criticize,
berate,
censure,
condemn,
denounce,
denigrate,
revile,
castigate,
pillory,
flay,
lambast,
savage,
tear/pull to pieces,
find fault with,
run down,
abuse,
knock,
slam,
pan,
bash,
take apart,
crucify,
hammer,
roast,
skewer,
bad-mouth,
slate,
rubbish,
slag off,
monster,
cut up,
bag,
excoriate,
• argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail.
• "there is no need to belabour the point"
Similar:
over-elaborate,
labour,
discuss at length,
dwell on,
harp on about,
hammer away at,
expound on,
expand on,
overdo,
overplay,
overdramatize,
make too much of,
place too much emphasis on,
flog to death,
drag out,
make a big thing of,
blow out of all proportion,
do over,
Origin:
late Middle English: from be- + the verb labour.
