v.
(flogs, flogging, flogged)
- beat with a whip or stick as a punishment.
- informal work at or promote repetitively or at excessive length.
- Brit. informal sell or offer for sale.
- Brit. informal make one's way with strenuous effort.
Phrase
- flog a dead horse
Brit. waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation.
Derivative
Etymology
C17 (orig. sl.): perh. imitative, or from L. flagellare ‘to whip’.
