Idiom
labour the point
Meaning
To continue to discuss or explain something excessively or repetitively to the point that it may bore or annoy the listener.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please stop labouring the point, I already understand.”
“The manager kept labouring the point about the new rules, even though the team had clearly understood them ten minutes ago.”
“While his initial argument held merit, he continued to labour the point until the audience grew visibly restless and disengaged from his presentation.”
Examples
simple
“Please stop labouring the point, I already understand.”
contextual
“The manager kept labouring the point about the new rules, even though the team had clearly understood them ten minutes ago.”
complex
“While his initial argument held merit, he continued to labour the point until the audience grew visibly restless and disengaged from his presentation.”
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