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flog someone round the fleet

flog someone round the fleet verb: to row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

Verb

flog someone round the fleet (third-person singular simple present flogs someone round the fleet, present participle flogging someone round the fleet, simple past and past participle flogged someone round the fleet)

  1. (historical) To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

Forms of flog someone round the fleet

third-person singular presentflogs someone round the fleet
present participleflogging someone round the fleet
past participleflogged someone round the fleet
pastflogged someone round the fleet

Questions about flog someone round the fleet

What does flog someone round the fleet mean?
Flog someone round the fleet means to row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.
What part of speech is flog someone round the fleet?
Flog someone round the fleet is a verb.
What is the past tense of flog someone round the fleet?
The past tense of flog someone round the fleet is flogged someone round the fleet.

Words near flog someone round the fleet in the dictionary

  1. Floersches
  2. floes
  3. flog
  4. flog a dead horse
  5. flog a dead pony
  6. flog someone round the fleet
  7. flog the bishop
  8. flog the clock
  9. flog the dolphin
  10. flog the log
  11. flog-bottomist

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