Verb

(flogg)

To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.

To use something to extreme; to abuse.

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, title=VL idles rough when warm... , group=aus.cars , author=Chris Wardrop , date=October 30 , year=2002 , passage=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. citation

(UK) To sell something.

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, title=Optus $5/month 5110, T10 and 2288 only 4 days , group=aus.comms.mobile , author=Paul Edwards , date=January 26 , year=2001 , passage=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. citation

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

(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.

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, title=Nothing to Crow About , group=rec.sport.football.australian , author=Mr Ripper , date=August 16 , year=1999 , passage=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. citation

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, title=Eng v Aus 1977 , group=aus.sport.cricket , author=Cas. , date=June 9 , year=2001 , passage=Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test. citation

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, title=POLISER- Roosters v Bulldogs , group=aus.sport.rugby-league , author=Greg Vincent }:c{ , date=June 5 , year=2004 , passage=It'll make the Raiders look good.  Getting flogged' by a team that got '''flogged''' by a team that got ' flogged by the Bulldogs. citation

(agriculture) To exploit.

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Verb

(lb) To hit.

*(Bible), (w) v.39:

*:Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.

*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Ch.IV:

*:"Right you are!" I cried. "We must believe the other until we prove it false. We can't afford to give up heart now, when we need heart most. The branch was carried down by a river, and we are going to find that river." I smote my open palm with a clenched fist, to emphasize a determination unsupported by hope.

To strike down or kill with godly force.

To injure with divine power.

To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

*(William Wake) (1657-1737)

*:Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.

To strike with love or infatuation.

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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:the charms that smite the simple heart