0 past simple and past participle of belabour --
1 to explain something more than necessary: --
There's no need to belabour the point.
2 to hit someone or something hard and repeatedly: --
3 to criticize someone --
That was a rather belaboured remark.
No one belaboured the question of colour.
I believe that this control, belaboured as it is by its opponents, is a useful tool of regional planning, and should be maintained for that purpose.
What has he been belaboured for?
The point is not improved by being belaboured.
No doubt, she would also have been belaboured for taking the decision on her own.
He is a gentleman who has been belaboured a great deal in recent weeks.
That seems to me to be a very odd thing to be belaboured for.
