Что (кто) такое flog - определение

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Flog (disambiguation)

Flog

To beat or to harm
I'm gonna flog you one for lying to me!

flog

(flogs, flogging, flogged)

If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it. (BRIT INFORMAL)

They are trying to flog their house.

VERB: V n

If someone is flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.

In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...

Flog them soundly.

VERB: be V-ed, V n

• flogging (floggings)

He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment...

N-VAR

If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible. (INFORMAL)

PHRASE: V inflects

flog

¦ verb (flogs, flogging, flogged)

1. beat with a whip or stick as a punishment.

2. informal work at or promote repetitively or at excessive length.

3. Brit. informal sell or offer for sale.

4. Brit. informal make one's way with strenuous effort.

Phrases

flog a dead horse Brit. waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation.

Derivatives

flogger noun

Origin

C17 (orig. sl.): perh. imitative, or from L. flagellare 'to whip'.

Flog

Flog may refer to:

Fake blog, an astroturfing technique
Flagellation or flogging, beating the human body with special implements such as whips
The Flog, a video blog by Felicia Day
Food blog, a blog dedicated to food; see Glossary of blogging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flog

Примеры произношения для flog

1. who kill and who flog,

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2. Just flog it as fast as we can for as much as we can.

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3. not to flog it, but just to sort of put it out there.

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Примеры употребления для flog

1. Why he is called upon÷ The first hang ‘em and flog ‘em Labour Home Secretary.

2. To honor Hussein‘s death, many pilgrims wear black and flog themselves with chains.

3. Just watch and you can bet your life a western company will flog them the technology.

4. It‘s no coincidence that the great feminist barrister uses her married name to flog her memoirs.

5. First to flog everything from mobile phones to deodorant via branding.