Definition of "belabours" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belabour. (verb)

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• "I do not think he belabours the point by any means, but I think that it is good for anyone but his campaign if this ends up being the fact."
• "This can be interpreted several ways, but I'm going to assume (given the style and diction) he means this: "obviously the Joker is a sadistic psychopath in clown make-up -- and Nolan sure isn't about to argue -- but this isn't enough for the (co-)writer-director, who belabours the character's allegorical significance so heavily that he ultimately drains him of something essential.""
• "O'Brian never belabours his effects, never nudges you to make sure you notice: he can kill off a sympathetic character we've known for ten novels in a single sentence and let you make what you will of it and in this situation, if the author has to tell you how to react, either he or you is doing something badly wrong."