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flog

UK /flɒɡ/US /flɑɡ/

verb 7
noun 2
forms 4
phrases 4

verb7

To whip or scourge as punishment.
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(UK, slang) To sell.
- Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers. — 2007
To use something to extreme; to abuse.
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(Australia) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
- The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers — 2007
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(Australia, New-Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
- Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test. — 2001
(Australia, New-Zealand) To steal something.
To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

noun2

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(informal, offensive) A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
- It follows the ejection of a supporter who allegedly ran towards umpire Mathew Nicholls while calling him a "bald-headed flog" at half-time of the Carlton-Brisbane Lions match last Saturday. — 2019
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(Internet) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
- Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers. — 2008

forms

flogged · flogging · floggeth · flogs

Phrases with flog

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