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Definition of flog verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

flog

verb

NAmE//flɑɡ//

[often passive] flog somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they flog

he / she / it flogs

past simple flogged

-ing form flogging

to punish someone by hitting them many times with a whip or stick He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.

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beat/flog a dead horse (informal)

to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible

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