flogs

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

   Synonyms:

   lash, thrash, belt, birch, cut, feague, flagellate, knout, lather, quirt

2. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
   • I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it again.2002 October 30, Chris Wardrop, “VL idles rough when warm...”, in aus.cars (Usenet)
3. (UK, slang, transitive) To sell.
   • And then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/month.2001 January 26, Paul Edwards, “Optus $5/month 5110, T10 and 2288 only 4 days”, in aus.comms.mobile (Usenet)

   Synonyms:

   hawk, peddle, cheap, monger, retail, sell, vend

4. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To steal something.

   Synonyms:

   loot, purloin, steal, abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone

5. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To defeat easily or convincingly.
   • The Swannies got on a real roll over rounds 16/17 & 18 of 1987. In consecutive SCG matches, they flogged the Eags 30.21 to 10.11, followed that with a 36.20 to 11.7 demolition of the Dons and finally a 31.12 to 15.17 thrashing of Richmond.1999 August 16, Mr Ripper, “Nothing to Crow About”, in rec.sport.football.australian (Usenet)

   Synonyms:

   beat, thrash, bring down, convince, chew up, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, humble, kick ass, malavogue

6. (Australia, transitive) To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.
   • The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers2007 February 6, “Suppliers the losers in Coles-Woolworths war”, in The Age

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