Usually means: Persisting pointlessly on resolved issue.
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  1. beat a dead horse: Merriam-Webster
  2. beat a dead horse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beat a dead horse: Wiktionary
  4. beat a dead horse: Dictionary.com
  5. Beat A Dead Horse: A to Z list of the most popular idioms

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beat a dead horse: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beat a dead horse: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (beat a dead horse)

verb:  (idiomatic) To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

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