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flog

[ flog, flawg ]

verb (used with object)

flogged, flogging.
  1. to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. Slang.
    1. to sell, especially aggressively or vigorously.
    2. to promote; publicize.


flog

/ ڱɒɡ /

verb

  1. tr to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc
  2. slang.
    tr to sell
  3. intr (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind
  4. intr to make progress by painful work
  5. to steal
  6. flog a dead horse
    1. to harp on some long discarded subject
    2. to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble
  7. flog to death
    to persuade a person so persistently of the value of (an idea or venture) that he or she loses interest in it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱDzԲ, noun
  • ˈڱDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڱDz·· adjective
  • ڱDz· noun
  • ··ڱDz verb (used with object) overflogged overflogging
  • un·ڱDz·· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of flog1

First recorded in 1670–80; perhaps blend of flay and jog, variant of jag 1 “to prick, slash”; but flagellate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of flog1

C17: probably from Latin ڱ ; see flagellant
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Idioms and Phrases

see beat a dead horse .
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He began by timing the ball to all corners of Lahore before flogging England's bowlers whenever they dropped too short.

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He flogged England for six sixes - the third bringing up his first ODI century in 77 balls and the sixth sealing the highest successful chase in a global 50-over tournament.

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Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country.

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Eastman has advocated a reconsideration of birthright citizenship — or as I wrote in 2020, “flogging this dead horse” — for years.

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Posters to flog tournament tickets would invariably display her image.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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