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flog

[ flog, flawg ]

verb (used with object)

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

    Synonyms: lash, thrash

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


flog

/ flɒɡ /

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

  • ˈflogging, noun
  • ˈflogger, noun
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Other Words From

  • flog·ga·ble adjective
  • flog·ger noun
  • o·ver·flog verb (used with object) overflogged overflogging
  • un·flog·ga·ble adjective
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Word 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of flog1

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

see beat a dead horse .
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Example Sentences

It gave him the plausible deniability he and his defenders flogged throughout his presidency.

He flogged people with his own hands, sometimes until they were dead, Grandy wrote.

But how hard is it to make a doll that looks like the picture of the doll you are using to flog the doll itself?

But now, in the present climate, the number is handy for the Pentagon to flog around town, so there it is.

All I can say is, that I wish he was well, and could have us up and flog us all round, and so settle the matter off-hand.

Thus the game was played to the end, it being a flog out from New Brighton to the Formby, and a run back each round.

He carried an ash-plant in his hand to flog the horse and to strike at the dogs that crossed his way.

He was minded to flog an Indian or two, and thus extract information; but calmer counsels prevailed.

The masters here are very strict indeed, but they never flog, only lock them up in a dungeon, and have a soldier to guard it.

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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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