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flog <-gg-> [flɑːg, Brit flɒg] VB trans

1. flog (punish):

flog

flog fig

it's like flogging a dead horse

ferro se malha enquanto está quente prov

2. flog Brit inf (sell):

flog

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In the case that he was not a muhsan, he should be flogged. en.wikipedia.org

The topmen were also flogged the next morning. en.wikipedia.org

In the aftermath several hundred people were arrested and charged, with some being flogged and others spending time in jail. en.wikipedia.org

It was there that malefactors were flogged before a large concourse of people. en.wikipedia.org

This attribution confuses flogging a dead horse with an entirely different phrase: to work (for) the dead horse. en.wikipedia.org

One magistrate arranged for children to be flogged in private rather than endure a public one. en.wikipedia.org

As he suspected him to be a government agent, the count ordered him flogged. en.wikipedia.org

He was arrested and flogged and, because he was from a noble family, he was given a chance to recant. en.wikipedia.org

Some offenders were made to wear special clothes while others were flogged. en.wikipedia.org

Suppress it in one week or flogging with tar and feathers will follow. en.wikipedia.org

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