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Synonyms for flog
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flog, flawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : flɒg, flɔg |
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Définition of flog
Origin :- 1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of Latin flagellare "flagellate." Related: Flogged; flogging.
- verb whip, lash
- Fyles, watching, fancied that the fugitive had begun to flog his horse.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It is impossible to get Latin into a boy unless you flog it into him.
- Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
- You flog us like children, but you forget that we are grown, and that it is more than the body that smarts.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- If I can trace a bad word to any man's mouth, I'll flog him till he can't move.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- Your uncle wished me to reduce you to subjection, and to flog you till you came to your senses.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- What did Parasyte mean when he said your uncle wished him to flog you into subjection?
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- You did request him to flog me, and without understanding the merits of the case!
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- I went, but with the determination to offer resistance should he attempt to flog me again.
- Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley
- Half a dozen of them, at least, surrounded him, and urged him to flog Jacob.
- Extract from : « Mike Marble » by Uncle Frank
- Jerome felt his superiority, and always declared that no master should ever flog him.
- Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
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