labor/belabor the point

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: to repeat or stress something too much or too often
I don't want to labor/belabor the point, but I think I should mention again that we are running out of time.

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Again, short and sweet, no need to belabor the point. — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 10 May 2023 Other books scattered across the stage, at one point lined up in a quasi-enclosure, belabor the point. — Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2022

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“Labor/belabor the point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%2Fbelabor%20the%20point. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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