flog
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English
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /flɒɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Verb
to 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:
Synonyms
- (to whip or scourge): whip
Derived terms
Terms derived from flogSee also
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /floːk/
Verb
flog
- Past tense of fliegen
Icelandic
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːɣ
Noun
flog n. (genitive singular flogs, plural flog)
- an epileptic fit
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Roll up, roll up - Economist
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:43:05 GMT+00:00
Economist So when George Osborne, the chancellor, repeated old Labour plans to flog off the few remaining bits of the government that private firms might be ...
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:43:05 GMT+00:00
Economist So when George Osborne, the chancellor, repeated old Labour plans to flog off the few remaining bits of the government that private firms might be ...
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