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F0191200 (flŏg, flôg)tr.v. flogged, flog·ging, flogs 1. To beat severely with a whip or rod.2. Informal To publicize aggressively: flogging a new book.

[Perhaps from alteration of Latin flagellāre; see flagellate.]

flog′ger n.

flog

(flɒɡ) vb, flogs, flogging or flogged1. (tr) to beat harshly, esp with a whip, strap, etc2. (tr) slang Brit to sell3. (Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a sail) to flap noisily in the wind4. (intr) to make progress by painful work5. NZ to steal6. flog a dead horse chiefly a. to harp on some long discarded subjectb. to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble7. 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[C17: probably from Latin flagellāre; see flagellant] ˈflogger n ˈflogging n

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(flɒg, flɔg)

v.t. flogged, flog•ging. 1. to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment. 2. Slang. a. to sell, esp. aggressively or vigorously. b. to promote; publicize. [1670–80; compare flagellate] flog′ga•ble, adj. flog′ger, n.

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Past participle: flogged
Gerund: flogging

Imperative
flog
flog

Present
I flog
you flog
he/she/it flogs
we flog
you flog
they flog

Preterite
I flogged
you flogged
he/she/it flogged
we flogged
you flogged
they flogged

Present Continuous
I am flogging
you are flogging
he/she/it is flogging
we are flogging
you are flogging
they are flogging

Present Perfect
I have flogged
you have flogged
he/she/it has flogged
we have flogged
you have flogged
they have flogged

Past Continuous
I was flogging
you were flogging
he/she/it was flogging
we were flogging
you were flogging
they were flogging

Past Perfect
I had flogged
you had flogged
he/she/it had flogged
we had flogged
you had flogged
they had flogged

Future
I will flog
you will flog
he/she/it will flog
we will flog
you will flog
they will flog

Future Perfect
I will have flogged
you will have flogged
he/she/it will have flogged
we will have flogged
you will have flogged
they will have flogged

Future Continuous
I will be flogging
you will be flogging
he/she/it will be flogging
we will be flogging
you will be flogging
they will be flogging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flogging
you have been flogging
he/she/it has been flogging
we have been flogging
you have been flogging
they have been flogging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flogging
you will have been flogging
he/she/it will have been flogging
we will have been flogging
you will have been flogging
they will have been flogging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flogging
you had been flogging
he/she/it had been flogging
we had been flogging
you had been flogging
they had been flogging

Conditional
I would flog
you would flog
he/she/it would flog
we would flog
you would flog
they would flog

Past Conditional
I would have flogged
you would have flogged
he/she/it would have flogged
we would have flogged
you would have flogged
they would have flogged

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	flog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strapbeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"leather - whip with a leather straphorsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horsesswitch - flog with or as if with a flexible rodcowhide - flog with a cowhidecat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tailsbirch - whip with a birch twig
	2.	flog - beat with a canecane, lambast, lambastebeat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

flog

verb1. sell, market, trade, dispose of, put up for sale They are trying to flog their house.2. beat, whip, lash, thrash, whack, scourge, hit hard, trounce, castigate, chastise, flay, lambast(e), flagellate, punish severely Flog them soundly!3. strain, drive, tax, push, punish, oppress, overtax, overexert Don't flog yourself. We've got ages.

flog

verbTo punish with blows or lashes:beat, hide, lash, thrash, whip.Informal: trim.Slang: lay into, lick.

Translations

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flog

(flog) verb – past tense, past participle flogged – to beat; to whip. You will be flogged for stealing the money.鞭打ˈflogging noun鞭打flog a dead horse to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost. 徒劳无益

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flog the dolphin

vulgar slang Of a man, to masturbate.See also: flog

flog the log

vulgar slang Of a man, to masturbate.See also: flog, log

beat a dead horse

To continue to focus on something—especially an issue or topic—that is no longer of any use or relevance. We've all moved on from that problem, so there's no use beating a dead horse.See also: beat, dead, horse

flog a dead horse

To continue to focus on something—especially an issue or topic—that is no longer of any use or relevance. We've all moved on from that problem, so there's no use flogging a dead horse.See also: dead, flog, horse

flog (something) to death

To linger over or discuss something so long and to such a tedious and laborious extent that the subject is no longer of any interest or relevance. I think we should move on to another topic before we flog this one to death. The film's rhetorical message has been flogged to death by everyone you talk to.See also: death, flog

be flogging a dead horse

To be continuing to focus on something, especially an issue or topic, that is no longer of any use or relevance. I don't know why you're flogging a dead horse—the rest of us have moved on from that problem.See also: dead, flog, horse

flog a dead horse

and beat a dead horseFig. to insist on talking about something that no one is interested in, or that has already been thoroughly discussed. The history teacher lectured us every day about the importance of studying history, until we begged him to stop flogging a dead horse. Jill: I think I'll write the company president another letter asking him to prohibit smoking. Jane: There's no use beating a dead horse, Jill; he's already decided to let people smoke.See also: dead, flog, horse

flog someone to death

Lit. to beat someone to death with a whip. In the movie, the captain ordered the first mate to flog the sailor to death.See also: death, flog

flog something to death

Fig. to dwell on something so much that it no longer has any interest. Stop talking about this! You've flogged it to death. Walter almost flogged the whole matter to death before we stopped him.See also: death, flog

beat a dead horse

Also, flog a dead horse. Try to revive interest in a hopeless issue. For example, Politicians who favor the old single-tax idea are beating a dead horse. From the 1600s on the term dead horse was used figuratively to mean "something of no current value," specifically an advance in pay or other debt that had to be worked ("flogged") off. [Second half of 1800s] See also: beat, dead, horse

work your guts out

flog your guts out

slog your guts out

INFORMALIf you work your guts out, flog your guts out or slog your guts out, you work very hard. These women were amazing. They worked their guts out from 7.30 to 4.30 every day, often all evening and weekend too if they had families. I've been slogging my guts out for months, trying to get this project finished.See also: gut, out, work

be flogging a dead horse

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be beating a dead horse

AMERICANIf someone is flogging a dead horse, they are wasting their time trying to achieve something that cannot be done. After putting in all that hard work it feels like we're flogging a dead horse — it's all very discouraging. You're beating a dead horse on this. These guys are defeated.See also: dead, flog, horse

flog a dead horse

waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation. 1971 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher If this is the case, we are flogging a dead horse in still trying to promote the scheme. See also: dead, flog, horse

ˌflog a dead ˈhorse

(British English, informal) waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible: Pam’s flogging a dead horse trying to organize the theatre trip. It’s quite obvious that nobody’s interested.If an animal or a person is flogged, it is/they are hit many times with a whip or a stick, usually as a punishment.See also: dead, flog, horse

ˌflog something to ˈdeath

(British English, informal) talk/write about or deal with a subject so often that there is no longer any interest in it: The word ‘new’ has really been flogged to death in advertisements, and nobody believes it any more.See also: death, flog, something

flog

(flɑg) tv. to promote, hype, or support something; to try to sell something aggressively. Fred was flogging this car so hard, I figured he was trying to get rid of it.

dead horse, to beat/flog a

To pursue a futile goal or belabor a point to no end. That this sort of behavior makes no sense was pointed out by the Roman playwright Plautus in 195 b.c. The analogy certainly seems ludicrous; what coachman or driver would actually take a whip to a dead animal? The figurative meaning has been applied for centuries as well; often it is used in politics, concerning an issue that is of little interest to voters. However, some writers, John Ciardi among them, cite a quite different source for the cliché. In the late eighteenth century, British merchant seamen often were paid in advance, at the time they were hired. Many would spend this sum, called a dead horse, before the ship sailed. They then could draw no more pay until they had worked off the amount of the advance, or until “the dead horse was flogged.”See also: beat, dead, flog

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verb sell

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verb strain

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verb to punish with blows or lashes

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verb beat severely with a whip or rod

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verb beat with a cane

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