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> these companies will simply hollow ARM out (slash R&D, cut staff etc) to pump up the target’s value, before flogging it off or breaking it up. What does "flo
by marktangotango 5y ago
> these companies will simply hollow ARM out (slash R&D, cut staff etc) to pump up the target’s value, before flogging it off or breaking it up.
What does "flogging it off" mean in this context?
- detaro 5y agosell something off quickly
- bregma 5y agoIt's a malapropism for "fobbed off", which means to trick someone into buying something of inferior quality or value.
- jonplackett 5y agoDon’t think that’s right. Flogging something means to sell it, usually in a careless kind of manner.
- jorvi 5y agoThis thread is the first time I've ever heard of 'flogging' meaning selling something off hurriedly. The predominant way I've seen it used is to refer to administering punishment via whipping.
- jonplackett 5y agoyeah it means that too, it's British slang. INFORMAL BRITISH sell or offer for sale. "he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies"
- azalemeth 5y agoThat is indeed the meaning of the verb "to flog". Like you would to a horse in the 17th century, to make it go faster. "Flogging off" goods to make them move faster is a relatively simple leap (and universal British slang).