Толковый словарь английского языка - flog
Flog
flog
verb (~ged; ~ging) see: flagellate Date: circa 1676 transitive verb 1. to beat with or as if with a rod or whip, to criticize harshly, to force or urge into action ; drive , 3. to sell (as stolen goods) illegally , sell 7 , to promote aggressively ; plug , steal 1, intransitive verb flap , flutter , to move along with difficulty ; slog , ~ger noun
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v. (flogged, flogging) 1 tr. a beat with a whip, stick, etc. (as a punishment or to urge on). b make work through violent effort (flogged the engine). 2 tr. Brit. sl. sell. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by into, out of) drive (a quality, knowledge, etc.) into or out of a person, esp. by physical punishment. 4 intr. & refl. sl. proceed by violent or painful effort. Phrases and idioms flog a dead horse waste energy on something unalterable. flog to death colloq. talk about or promote at tedious length. Derivatives flogger n. Etymology: 17th-c. cant: prob. imit. or f. L flagellare to whip ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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