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   flog

   /fläɡ/

   verb

   • 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture: "the stolen horses will be returned and the thieves flogged" Similar whipscourgeflagellatelashbirchswitchtanstrapbeltcanethrashbeatleathertan/whip someone's hidegive someone a hidingbeat the living daylights out of
   • ▪ promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length: informal "rather than flogging one idea to death, they should be a lighthearted pop group"
   • 2. sell or offer for sale: informal British "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies" Similar sellput on saleput up for saleoffer for salevendretailtrade indeal intraffic inpeddlehawkadvertiseinformal:push

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • F

     4

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • G

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