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belabor

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To discuss or emphasize a point excessively.

There is no need to belabor an objection everyone already understands.

Dictionary practice example.

The rhetorical force of a student campaign speech came from a clear contrast between the broken bike racks and the simple repairs being proposed. The speaker did not want to belabor the damage after showing photographs that already established it.

From The Sound of an Argument.

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