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belabor the point



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Idioms and Phrases

Repeat an argument or other issue over and over, harp on something, as in We've discussed her decision鈥攍et's not belabor the point . This term dates from the mid-1900s and derives from belabor in the sense of 鈥渁ssail with words,鈥 a usage dating from the late 1500s.
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There鈥檚 no need to belabor the point: The possible comparisons are nearly infinite and defy neutral principles of evaluation.

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Reporter: 鈥淣ot to belabor the point, but from what you have been told or what you have been asked ... 鈥

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Earlier this month it sent a memo advising TV and radio broadcasters not to 鈥渂elabor the point鈥 when addressing the lockout.

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鈥淚 think we came together as a region and realized that the investment wasn鈥檛 producing the results that we had hoped collectively, and we didn鈥檛 belabor the point.鈥

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鈥淚 do not think it is necessary to belabor the point, not even now, but I hope there will be good news soon.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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