labor over

labor over someone or something

to work hard on someone or something. The surgeon labored over the patient for four hours. I labored over this painting for months before I got it the way I wanted it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mies	MEES	Dutch
Thor	THOR (English), TOR (Danish), TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian)	Norse Mythology, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Derorit	-	Hebrew
Pauliina	POW-lee:-nah	Finnish
Nir	-	Hebrew
Atanasije	-	Serbian