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beat up vs flog

flog vs beat up

beat up and flog both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
flog No No Yes No
As verbs, flog is a hyponym of beat up; that is, flog is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:
  • beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • flog: beat severely with a whip or rod
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
beat up (verb) flog (verb)
gather beat severely with a whip or rod
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression beat with a cane
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