From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflogflog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ verb (flogged, flogging) [transitive] 1 HITto beat a person or animal with a whip or stick He was publicly flogged and humiliated.2 informalSELL to sell something I’m going to flog all my old video tapes.► see thesaurus at sell3 → be flogging a dead horse4 → flog something to death→ See Verb table
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flog• People caught breaking the liquor laws may be flogged.• The age-old argument that poverty breeds crime is again being flogged by social engineers.• He's been on a lot of TV shows, flogging his new book.• They must have been flogging it somewhere pretty regularly.• There was a man at the market who was flogging watches for £10 each.• Don't let him flog you his car -- he's had endless trouble with it.Origin flog (1600-1700) Perhaps from Latin flagellare “to whip” 