labour the point

• labor the point, belabor the point, belabour the point

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

1. (idiomatic) To continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.

• “labour the point” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “labour the point” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “labor the point” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “labor the point”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “labor the point”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.