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31flog — [flag] tv. to promote something; to try to sell something aggressively. □ Fred was flogging this car so hard, I figured he was trying to get rid of it. □ Don’t flog it so hard. It makes people suspicious …
32flog´ger — flog «flog, flg», verb, flogged, flog|ging. –transitive verb. 1. to beat or whip hard: » The inhuman flogging of disobedient soldiers and sailors was stopped years ago. Trees were seen to flog the ground with their branches (Sir John Herschel).… …
33flog something to death — british informal phrase to talk about something so much that no one else wants to hear any more about it Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry: flog * * * ˌflog sth to ˈdeath idiom …
34flog a dead horse — ► flog a dead horse waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation. Main Entry: ↑flog …
35flog to death — (informal) To persist in talking about or advertising something until doing so has no further effect • • • Main Entry: ↑flog …
36flog|ging — «FLOG ihng, FLG », noun. 1. the practice of beating or whipping as punishment. 2. a beating or whipping; chastisement …
37flog something to death — flog (something) to death British, American & Australian, informal, American to use a particular style or to discuss a particular subject so many times that it is not interesting any more. He basically takes one theme and flogs it to death for… …
38flog to death — flog (something) to death British, American & Australian, informal, American to use a particular style or to discuss a particular subject so many times that it is not interesting any more. He basically takes one theme and flogs it to death for… …
39flog a dead horse — phrasal : to attempt to revive interest in a worn out or forgotten subject * * * flog a dead horse (informal) To waste time and energy on a lost or impossible cause • • • Main Entry: ↑flog flog a dead horse To try to work up excitement about a… …
40flog sth off — UK US flog sth off Phrasal Verb with flog({{}}/flɒg/ verb [T] (flogging, flogged, flogs) mainly UK INFORMAL ► to sell part or all of a business or industry: »Unsatisfactory relations with business partners were thought to be behind the… …
