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flog

 
 
/flɒg/ verb [T] (flogging, flogged, flogs) mainly UK informal

Definition

to sell something, especially at a cheap price: The phone group plans to flog its new handsets for £30 apiece to people signing one-year contracts.
to sell something illegally: Some private sellers are flogging cars that have been stolen or written off by insurers.
(Definition of flog verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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