whip the cat

Language: en

1.
general (literal)neutral
- To beat or strike a cat with a whip (literal meaning).
2.
historicalregional Englisharchaicinformaldialectal
- Figuratively, to punish or chastise severely; an archaic or dialectal variant related to expressions meaning 'to flog' or 'to give someone the whip'.

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