Usually means: Persisting in a futile effort.
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  1. flog a dead horse: Merriam-Webster
  2. flog a dead horse: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flog a dead horse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. flog a dead horse: Wiktionary
  5. flog a dead horse: Dictionary.com

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  1. flog a dead horse: Idioms

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  1. flog a dead horse: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (flog a dead horse)

verb:  (British, idiomatic) To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
verb:  (dated, nautical) To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.

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