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   flog

   /flɒɡ/

   verb

   • 1. beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment: "the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead" Similar whipscourgeflagellatelashbirchswitchtanstrapbeltcanethrashbeatleathertan/whip someone's hidegive someone a hidingbeat the living daylights out of
   • ▪ promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length: informal "the issue has been flogged to death already"
   • 2. sell or offer for sale: informal British "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies" Similar sellput on saleput up for saleoffer for salevendretailtrade indeal intraffic inpeddlehawkadvertiseinformal:push
   • 3. make one's way with strenuous effort: informal British "by 10 pm we had flogged up the slopes to Grey Crag"

   noun

   • 1. an arduous climb or struggle: informal British "a long flog up the mountainside"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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