to continue doing something or believing something because you think that something else is true, even though it is not
to exist or try to live in a situation where there are serious difficulties or problems
Even after a decade, she still seems to labour under the illusion that she is Party leader.
Many countries labour under a huge burden of debt they cannot even begin to pay.
labours under
labouring under
laboured under
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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