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flogs someone round the fleet

flogs someone round the fleet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flog someone round the fleet.

Meaning of flog someone round the fleet

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.

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What is flogs someone round the fleet the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flogs someone round the fleet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flog someone round the fleet.

Words near flogs someone round the fleet in the dictionary

  1. floging
  2. Flogny-la-Chapelle
  3. flogs
  4. flogs a dead horse
  5. flogs a dead pony
  6. flogs someone round the fleet
  7. flogs the bishop
  8. flogs the clock
  9. flogs the dolphin
  10. flogs the log
  11. flogster

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