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Noun

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping

Verb

Present participle for to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument

Present participle for to strike or hit repeatedly

Present participle for to comprehensively defeat

Present participle for to sell or offer for sale

Present participle for to work arduously in pursuit of an aim or goal

Present participle for to move slowly, heavily, clumsily, or with difficulty

Present participle for to promote the use, sale, or acceptance of

Present participle for to take something illegally or without permission

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Noun

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Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping

pummelling^UK

pummeled^US

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

offense^US

offence^UK

totaling^US

totalling^UK

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

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“The bare feet are beautiful, elegant and feminine but bring to mind the bastinado, the terrible flogging of the feet.”

Verb

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Present participle for to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument

giving someone a hiding

tanning one's hide

beating the living daylights out of

hitting hard

punishing severely

giving the cat o'nine tails

pummelling^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

giving someone a good hiding

tanning someone's hide

dusting someone's britches

warming someone's seat

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“The use of the whip to flog the horse forward is a mark of poor reinsmanship.”

Verb

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Present participle for to strike or hit repeatedly

pummelling^UK

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

giving someone a good hiding

spanking

beating the living daylights out of

cuffing

lacing to

raining blows on

knocking into the middle of next week

beating up

whomping

boffing

letting someone have it

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a beating

plugging

chinning

giving someone a good beating

maltreating

giving someone a good drubbing

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

putting in the hospital

striking with a stick

jumping down one's throat

putting over one's knee

giving someone a licking

trimming

tanning one's hide

giving someone a hot bottom

blipping

putting someone over your knee

giving a going over

giving someone the works

giving someone what for

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

boxing someone's ears

coming into collision with

driving into

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“In one particularly grotesque sequence, the mother is ready to flog her child, but the father, much to the mother's frustration, refuses.”

Verb

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Present participle for to comprehensively defeat

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

getting the better of

nosing out

running rings round

wiping the floor with

finishing off

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a hiding

KO'ing

mowing down

putting paid to

running roughshod over

taking it all

taking to the cleaners

walking all over

winning a victory over

bringing someone to their knees

blowing out of the water

pummelling^UK

winning a resounding victory over

giving someone a pasting

gaining a victory over

running circles around

getting the upper hand

getting the upper hand over

putting someone in their place

knocking spots off

going one better than

negating

eating alive

beating the pants off

levelling^UK

leveling^US

gaining ascendancy over

knocking the stuffing out of

gaining the upper hand over

gaining the advantage over

making a fool of

getting one up on

throwing back in confusion

making look pale by comparison

trampling over

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“Rocky Balboa would flog Ivan Drago in the ring before preaching to the Soviets that they were more than capable of change.”

Verb

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Present participle for to sell or offer for sale

selling from door to door

transacting business in

persuading people to buy

giving in part-exchange

turning over

provisioning

serving

putting on the market

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“She accused the widows of the deadly sin of self-promotion, then went on the Today show in a slinky black dress to flog her new book.”

Verb

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Present participle for to work arduously in pursuit of an aim or goal

endeavoring^US

bending over backwards

moving heaven and earth

trying as hard as one can

pulling out all the stops

giving it your best shot

labouring^UK

laboring^US

keeping your head down

plowing^US

ploughing^UK

making an all-out effort

giving it your all

working like a Trojan

rupturing yourself

digging away

working your fingers to the bone

working day and night

leaving no stone unturned

making a great effort

keeping your nose to the grindstone

putting one's back into something

pitching in

working your guts out

plodding along

grinding out

digging in

working one's socks off

acquiting oneself

going to war

putting up a fight against

standing up to

having a shot at

making a run at

putting one's back into it

putting yourself out

having a swing at

having one's nose to grindstone

burdening

exploiting

wearing out

driving into the ground

jumping through hoops

leaning over backwards

bearing down

going the limit

trying for

falling over backwards

having a go at

doing all you can

doing your best

going for the jugular

shooting for

giving it a whirl

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“Why did Lendl flog himself trying to win Wimbledon when he'd already won Roland Garros?”

Verb

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Present participle for to move slowly, heavily, clumsily, or with difficulty

plowing^US

ploughing^UK

walking with difficulty

getting no place fast

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Verb

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Present participle for to promote the use, sale, or acceptance of

publicising^UK

publicizing^US

shouting from the rooftops

getting on soapbox for

bringing to public notice

verbalizing^US

bringing to public attention

verbalising^UK

signalling^UK

signaling^US

emphasizing^US

emphasising^UK

bringing into the open

vocalizing^US

vocalising^UK

summarizing^US

summarising^UK

letting on

letting it all hang out

making an exhibition of

putting in a good word for

getting out

making clear

making a great show of

displaying ostentatiously

beating the drum about

issuing a statement about

modelling^UK

modeling^US

putting on the airwaves

showing to the public

putting on public view

bringing out into the open

throwing in one's face

bringing someone round to

soft-soaping

getting support for

getting acceptance for

winning someone over to

winning approval for

speaking for

convincing someone of the merits of

persuading someone to accept

talking into

gaining acceptance for

shooting off one's mouth

spreading it around

shouting from the housetops

turning over

persuading people to buy

focusing attention on

making a feature of

making conspicuous

pointing up

italicizing^US

giving the full works

setting off

italicising^UK

giving prominence to

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Verb

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Present participle for to take something illegally or without permission

gaining possession of

having sticky fingers

plowing^US

ploughing^UK

putting hand in cookie jar

committing white-collar crime

stealing money

having one's hand in the till

dipping into the public purse

defrauding someone of

knocking over

stealing from

taking off

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