flog
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ verb (flogged, flogging) [transitive] 1 HITto beat a person or animal with a whip or stick 鞭打，棒打〔人、动物〕 He was publicly flogged and humiliated. 他当众受到鞭打和羞辱。2 informalSELL to sell something 出售，卖 I’m going to flog all my old video tapes. 我准备把旧录像带都卖掉。► see thesaurus at sell3. be flogging a dead horse spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible 浪费时间，徒劳，白费劲4 flog something to death British English informalREPEAT to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it 令人厌烦地重复某事 They take a good idea and flog it to death. 他们有了一个好主意就会念叨个没完。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
flog• People caught breaking the liquor laws may be flogged.• The age-old argument that poverty breeds crime is again being flogged by social engineers.• He's been on a lot of TV shows, flogging his new book.• They must have been flogging it somewhere pretty regularly.• There was a man at the market who was flogging watches for £10 each.• Don't let him flog you his car -- he's had endless trouble with it.Origin flog (1600-1700) Perhaps from Latin flagellare “to whip”flog verbChinese
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flog
flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/
verb (past tense and past participle flogged, present participle flogging) [transitive]
He was publicly flogged and humiliated.
2. informal to sell something:
I’m going to flog all my old video tapes.
3. be flogging a dead horse spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible
4. flog something to death British English informal to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it:
They take a good idea and flog it to death.
▪ sell to give something to someone in exchange for money: He sold his motorcycle. | The shop sells old furniture. | Do you sell books on gardening?
▪export to send goods to another country to be sold: Which countries export oil to the United States?
▪deal in something to buy and sell a particular type of goods as part of your business: He deals in antiques.
▪put something up for sale/put something on the market to make something available to be bought: When the painting was first put up for sale, no one thought that it would be worth so much money. | The farm was put up for sale.
▪sell up British English to sell your house or your business so that you can move to a different place or do something different: They’re thinking of selling up and moving to Canada.
▪auction something/sell something at auction to sell things at a special event to the person who offers the most money: The contents of his home will be auctioned.
▪flog British English informal to sell something, especially something that is of low quality: A man at the market was flogging £10 watches.
▪peddle to sell cheap things in the street. Also used about selling illegal drugs and pornography: Street vendors peddled American and British cigarettes. | People who peddle drugs to children should be severely punished.
▪traffic in something to buy and sell large quantities of illegal goods or people: They trafficked in illegal weapons. | The gang were involved in people-trafficking. | drug-trafficking
flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/
verb (past tense and past participle flogged, present participle flogging) [transitive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Perhaps from Latin flagellare 'to whip'
1. to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick:Origin: Perhaps from Latin flagellare 'to whip'
2. informal to sell something:
3. be flogging a dead horse spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible
4. flog something to death British English informal to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it:
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