1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
He saw the village; he was seen coming bending forward upon his horse, belabouring it with great blows, the girths dripping with blood.

1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, inaugural speech
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which divide us.

And so, to belabour the school metaphor, diehard fans of both those fallen leaders resent this pair for snitching in class.

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