flogverb [ T ]
uk/flɒɡ/us/flɑːɡ/-gg-flog verb [ T ] (PUNISH)
to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick, as a punishment:
Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience.
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Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- flay
- kneecap
- lash
- lynch
- lynch law
- mortification
- mortification of the flesh idiom
- rack
- screw
- stone
- tar
- treadmill
- walloping
- whip
- whipping
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flog verb [ T ] (SELL)
UK informal to sell, especially quickly or cheaply:
He tried to flog his old car, but no one would buy it.
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Selling
- auction
- bake sale
- bundle
- chain of production
- divest
- export
- package
- price yourself out of the market idiom
- privatize
- purvey
- realizable
- realization
- realize
- serve
- shift
- telesales
- tout
- undercharge
- unsold
- upsell
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Idiom(s)
flog yourself to death
flog sth to death
flog a dead horse