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| Main Entry: |
belabor
 [bih-ley-ber] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwell on |
| Synonyms: | beat a dead horse, go on about, hammer home, overwork, pound, rehash, repeat |
| Main Entry: | lay into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, battle, belabor, fire at, invade, lambaste, let fly at, set about |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | overdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to extremes; carry too far |
| Synonyms: | amplify, be intemperate, belabor, bite off too much, do to death, drive oneself, exaggerate, fatigue, go overboard, go too far, hype, lay it on, magnify, make federal case, not know when to stop, overburden, overestimate, overindulge, overload, overplay, overrate, overreach, overstate, overtax, overtire, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pile on, pressure, puff, run into the ground, run riot, strain oneself, stretch, talk big, wear down, wear oneself out |
| Notes: | overdo means to do something to an excessive degree, while overdue means not paid at the scheduled time or past due |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
Example Sentences
- It's important to shine a light on lobbying, more than to belabor this inevitable calling.
- I'll leave it at that so as not to belabor the point.
- There is no need to belabor the wobbly nature of this third term.
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | pound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush; beat rhythmically |
| Synonyms: | batter, belabor, bruise, buffet, clobber, comminute, drub, hammer, hit, malleate, palpitate, pelt, pestle, powder, pulsate, pulse, pulverize, pummel, stomp, strike, thrash, throb, thump, tramp, triturate, wallop |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accentuate, emphasize |
| Synonyms: | accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight*, underline, underscore* |
| Antonyms: | attenuate, reduce, relax |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flail about; beat |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |
| Antonyms: | be still |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat a dead horse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwell on |
| Synonyms: | belabor, dwell upon, flog a dead horse, harp on, linger over |
| Main Entry: | pommel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat |
| Synonyms: | belabor, club, cudgel, finial, handle, knob, maul, pound, pummel, saddlebow, strike, thwack |
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