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What does flog a dead horse mean?

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Verb
  1. (dated, nautical) To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
  2. (Britain, 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.
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