flog
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flog (third-person singular simple present flogs, present participle flogging, simple past and past participle flogged)
- (transitive) To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
- (transitive, UK) To sell something.
- (transitive, Australian, New Zealand) To steal something.
- (transitive, Australian, New Zealand) To defeat.
- (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
- 2007 Feb 6, “Suppliers the losers in Coles-Woolworths war”, The Age:
- The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers
- 2007 Feb 6, “Suppliers the losers in Coles-Woolworths war”, The Age:
[edit] Synonyms
- (to whip or scourge): whip
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Terms derived from flog
[edit] Translations
to whip or scourge someone or something as punishment
to sell — see sell
to steal — see steal
to defeat — see defeat
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[edit] German
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flog
- past tense of fliegen
[edit] Icelandic
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- Rhymes: -ɔːɣ
[edit] Noun
flog n. (genitive singular flogs, plural flog)
