How to pronounce “whip the cat”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• To attempt to get work or money from someone who is too weak or poor to provide it.
• (UK, Australia, obsolete) To practice extreme parsimony.
• (Australia, New Zealand) To regret; to feel self-pity
• To blame someone for something that is not their fault.
• To get drunk.
• (US, dialect, dated) To go from house to house working by the day, as itinerant tailors and carpenters do.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whip,‎ cat.

Practice Nearby Words

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