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What is another word for belabour?

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To attack verbally or physically

To attack verbally or physically

To argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail

To express or describe in exaggerated terms

To make a concerted or violent attack on

To emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

To say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity

To subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms, or information

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Verb

To attack verbally or physically

give someone a good hiding

beat the living daylights out of

knock into the middle of next week

let someone have it

give someone a hiding

give someone a drubbing

give someone a beating

give someone a good drubbing

give someone a good beating

strike with a stick

beat with a stick

physically attack

jump down one's throat

give a black eye

whip someone's hide

rain blows upon

take a strap to

box someone's ears

give someone a hot bottom

put over one's knee

assault physically

tan someone's hide

make unconscious

lay a finger on

hit over the head

hit on the head

make someone feel the back of one's hand

knock block off

knock for a loop

punish severely

give the cat o'nine tails

dust someone's britches

warm someone's seat

put in the hospital

give someone a licking

put someone over your knee

warm someone's bottom

be violent toward

launch an attack

make an assault

launch oneself at

launch an attack on

make an assault on

fire a broadside at

knock senseless

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“So, if you're looking for a weighty tome for a Christmas present, to block a draught or to belabour rival fans, you'll want to enter the competition.”

Verb

To attack verbally or physically

find fault with

go for the jugular

criticize severely

tear a strip off

give a tongue-lashing

read the riot act

haul over the coals

tear off a strip

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a roasting

rap over the knuckles

remonstrate with

give someone a rollicking

give someone hell

give someone a telling-off

give a talking-to

give someone an earful

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

let someone have it

give someone a mouthful

give someone a bollocking

give someone a rating

give someone a caning

give someone a row

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

inveigh against

slap on the wrist

rake over the coals

cast aspersions on

fulminate against

give some stick to

slap someone's wrist

give a bad press to

call on the carpet

vituperate against

throw brickbats at

jump down one's throat

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

pass strictures upon

give a piece of one's mind

call to account

give the business

jump down someone's throat

give a going over

tell a thing or two

declaim against

rap on knuckles

give someone a bad press

bite someone's head off

strongly criticize

lay down the law

express disapproval of

reprimand severely

rake over coals

animadvert upon

criticize harshly

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

take down a peg

give a hard time

burn one's ears

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

throw the book at

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

snap someone's head off

criticize strongly

mete out punishment to

make an example of

give comeuppance

point the finger

give going-over

give piece of mind

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

give something a bad press

call over the coals

expostulate about

protest strongly at

make a fuss about

make a stand against

kick up a fuss about

take issue with

thunder against

raise objections to

make a protest against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick up a stink about

complain bitterly about

take a stand against

speak out against

remonstrate about

take great exception to

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

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“I observed a heated argument during which one individual started to belabour their opponent with insults, completely disregarding the other person's feelings.”

Verb

To argue or discuss (a subject) in excessive detail

“There many other projects and forms of aid which can be cited and there is certainly no need to belabour the point.”

Verb

To express or describe in exaggerated terms

overemphasise^UK

overemphasize^US

lay it on thick

blow up out of all proportion

lay it on with a trowel

make a big thing of

make a mountain out of a molehill

make a production out of

make a big thing about

go overboard with

make a production of

make federal case

make a big deal out of something

make a thing of

make a thing about

make too much of something

make a federal case of

attach too much importance to

lay too much stress on

go over the top about

go on and on about

attach too much weight to

stretch the truth

lay it on with a shovel

blow something out of all proportion

draw the longbow

make a drama out of a crisis

overstate the case

give someone a sob story

pay extravagant compliments

embellish the truth

give fulsome praise

lay on with a trowel

chew the scenery

blow out of proportion

pile it on about

lay it on thick about

lay it on with a trowel about

make a song and dance about

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Verb

To make a concerted or violent attack on

launch an attack on

make an assault on

launch oneself at

let someone have it

attempt to capture

beat the living daylights out of

fire a broadside at

launch an attack

give someone a beating

make an onslaught on

assault physically

beat someone up

swoop down upon

make inroads on

turn to violence

make a foray on

make a sortie on

conduct an offensive on

make an assault

begin hostilities

begin an assault

take the offensive

arrive in hordes

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Verb

To emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

call attention to

bring attention to

draw attention to

focus attention on

bring to the fore

give an emphasis to

give priority to

give prominence to

make a point of

labor the point

put the accent on

place emphasis on

turn the spotlight on

lay emphasis on

throw something into relief

put emphasis on

give emphasis to

make conspicuous

make a big thing of

make a song and dance about

make a feature of

show to advantage

harp on the fact

bring home to one

let people know about

put on center stage

give prominence

turn spotlight on

give the full works

make a production of

keep going on about

make an issue of

leave in no doubt

give precedence to

make someone realize

impress upon someone

make something clear to

make someone conscious of

bring something home to someone

make someone understand

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Verb

To say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity

go over and over

run through again

go through again

sing same old song

take from the top

go over same ground

go the same round

put in a nutshell

give a summary of

give a rundown of

give the main points of

give the gist of

give an abstract of

get to the meat

give an outline of

make a summary of

give a precis of

give a synopsis of

give a thumbnail sketch of

write a summary of

make a outline of

make a résumé of

give main points

characterize^US

characterise^UK

give a rough idea of

give a quick rundown on

make an outline of

give a rough idea

give a summing-up

review the evidence

summarize the argument

summarize the evidence

get the measure of

give an precis of

give a resume of

go through the main points of

give a résumé of

give a brief idea of

put in other words

express in own words

put in one's own words

express differently

express in other words

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Verb

To subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms, or information

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