flog

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

flog [flog flogs flogged flogging] BrE [flɒɡ] NAmE [flɑːɡ] verb (-gg-)
1. often passive ~ sb to punish sb by hitting them many times with a ↑whip or stick
•He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.
2. (BrE, informal)to sell sth to sb
•~ sth (to sb) She flogged her guitar to another student.
•~ sth (off) We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.
•~ sb sth I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
Idioms: ↑flog a dead horse ▪ ↑flog something to death
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Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cane, lambaste, lambast, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce