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English to English verb
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beat severely with a whip or rod |  | Example: The teacher often flogged the students
The children were severely trounced
source: wordnet30
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come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | | Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
source: wordnet30
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censure severely or angrily | | Example: The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
source: wordnet30
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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. | | source: webster1913
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