flog /flɒɡ $ flɑːɡ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle flogged , present participle flogging ) [transitive]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Perhaps from Latin flagellare 'to whip' ]
1 . to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick:
He was publicly flogged and humiliated.
2 . informal to sell something:
I’m going to flog all my old video tapes.
3 . be flogging a dead horse spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible
4 . flog something to death British English informal to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it:
They take a good idea and flog it to death.
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THESAURUS
▪ sell to give something to someone in exchange for money:
He sold his motorcycle.
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The shop sells old furniture.
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Do you sell books on gardening?
▪ export to send goods to another country to be sold:
Which countries export oil to the United States?
▪ deal in something to buy and sell a particular type of goods as part of your business:
He deals in antiques.
▪ put something up for sale/put something on the market to make something available to be bought:
When the painting was first put up for sale, no one thought that it would be worth so much money.
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The farm was put up for sale.
▪ sell up British English to sell your house or your business so that you can move to a different place or do something different:
They’re thinking of selling up and moving to Canada.
▪ auction something/sell something at auction to sell things at a special event to the person who offers the most money:
The contents of his home will be auctioned.
▪ flog British English informal to sell something, especially something that is of low quality:
A man at the market was flogging £10 watches.
▪ peddle to sell cheap things in the street. Also used about selling illegal drugs and ↑ pornography :
Street vendors peddled American and British cigarettes.
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People who peddle drugs to children should be severely punished.
▪ traffic in something to buy and sell large quantities of illegal goods or people:
They trafficked in illegal weapons.
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The gang were involved in people-trafficking.
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drug-trafficking