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What is another word for belabouring?

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Present participle for to strike or hit repeatedly

Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

Present participle for to greatly emphasize a point or issue

Present participle for to excessively discuss or focus on a topic to the point of redundancy or futility

Present participle for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

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Verb

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Present participle for to strike or hit repeatedly

pummelling^UK

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

beating the living daylights out of

belabouring^UK

giving someone a hiding

knocking around

knocking about

laying one on

giving someone a good hiding

knocking into the middle of next week

letting someone have it

brutalizing^US

striking with a stick

brutalising^UK

putting in the hospital

warming someone's seat

dusting someone's britches

whamming

giving someone a beating

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a good beating

giving someone a good drubbing

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

taking to the cleaners

wiping the floor with

blowing out of the water

bringing someone to their knees

pouncing upon

getting the better of

giving someone the works

winning a victory over

inflicting suffering on

launching an attack on

running roughshod over

winning a resounding victory over

jumping down one's throat

beating someone's brains out

knocking someone's lights out

assaulting physically

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“I belabor the punching bag at the gym to release all my stress and frustration.”

Verb

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Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

pummelling^UK

hauling over the coals

throwing brickbats at

giving someone a dressing-down

taking to pieces

giving someone hell

casting aspersions on

giving a rocket

tearing a strip off

tearing off a strip

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a bad press

giving a bad press to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

raking over the coals

going for the jugular

rapping over the knuckles

tying into

giving some stick to

jumping down one's throat

calling down

animadverting on

cavilling at

letting someone have it

giving flak to

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

calling over the coals

offending

jumping down someone's throat

satirizing^US

doing a hatchet job on

giving something a bad press

tearing to pieces

giving something a battering

belabouring^UK

satirising^UK

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

giving someone a wigging

giving a talking-to

dragging over the coals

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone a mouthful

coming down on

pulling up

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone some stick

giving someone a rating

leaning on

giving someone a caning

giving someone what for

giving someone an earful

rapping someone the knuckles

scarifying

crawling all over

burning someone's ears

putting someone on the griddle

putting someone on the hot seat

pinning your ears back

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

speaking badly of

skinning alive

blackening the name of

passing strictures upon

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

sullying the reputation of

taking a swipe at

blackening the reputation of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

conducting a smear campaign against

ragging on

spreading scandal about

running smear campaign

bringing down

holding up to ridicule

running a smear campaign against

reviewing unfavorably

giving a tongue-lashing

blackening the character of

holding someone to blame

shooting full of holes

bringing discredit to

dragging someone's name through the mud

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

hurting somebody's feelings

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

regarding with disgust

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

blackening someone's name

turning up one's nose

taking the piss out of

making fun of

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

vanquishing

confusing

ripping up

causing to feel small

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

making ashamed

settling someone's hash

casting down

bringing low

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

giving your opinion of

writing a critique of

commenting on

reading through

correcting

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“In his speech, the opposition politician chose to belabor the government's shortcomings, provoking a heated debate among the audience.”

Verb

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Present participle for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

laboring^US

labouring^UK

dramatizing^US

colouring^UK

belabouring^UK

coloring^US

dramatising^UK

overloading

laying it on thick

blowing up

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a trowel

making a big thing of

piling on

making a mountain out of a molehill

putting on

going too far

making a big deal out of something

making a big thing about

making a production out of

making a production of

making too much of something

blowing something out of all proportion

placing too much emphasis on

giving someone a sob story

overstressing

overacting

making a federal case of

attaching too much importance to

laying too much stress on

going on and on about

going over the top about

attaching too much weight to

acting

emoting

expressing emotion

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“I didn't want to belabor the point, but he repeatedly exaggerated his accomplishments during the meeting.”

Verb

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Present participle for to greatly emphasize a point or issue

laboring^US

labouring^UK

belabouring^UK

emphasising^UK

emphasizing^US

making too much of something

expounding on

going on about

attaching too much importance to

attaching too much weight to

placing too much emphasis on

making a federal case of

laying too much emphasis on

making a production out of

blowing up out of all proportion

going on and on about

laying it on with a trowel

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

going over the top about

making a big thing about

laying too much stress on

Verb

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Present participle for to excessively discuss or focus on a topic to the point of redundancy or futility

beating a dead horse

dwelling upon

harping on

flogging a dead horse

lingering over

Verb

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Present participle for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

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