English Explanatory Dictionary

flog someone round the fleet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences.

Word forms

flog someone round the fleet flogs someone round the fleet flogging someone round the fleet flogged someone round the fleet
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