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flog

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflogflog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ verb (flogged, flogging) [transitive] 1 HITto beat a person or animal with a whip or stick He was publicly flogged and humiliated.2 informalSELL to sell something I’m going to flog all my old video tapes.► see thesaurus at sell3 → be flogging a dead horse4 → flog something to death→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusflog• People caught breaking the liquor laws may be flogged.• The age-old argument that poverty breeds crime is again being flogged by social engineers.• He's been on a lot of TV shows, flogging his new book.• They must have been flogging it somewhere pretty regularly.• There was a man at the market who was flogging watches for £10 each.• Don't let him flog you his car -- he's had endless trouble with it.Origin flog (1600-1700) Perhaps from Latin flagellare “to whip”
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Verb table
flog
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theyflog
he, she, itflogs
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyflogged
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave flogged
he, she, ithas flogged
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad flogged
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill flog
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have flogged
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam flogging
he, she, itis flogging
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you, we, theyare flogging
Past
I, he, she, itwas flogging
you, we, theywere flogging
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been flogging
he, she, ithas been flogging
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been flogging
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be flogging
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been flogging
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