Might mean (unverified): Express remorse or self-pity.
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  1. whip the cat: Wiktionary

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  1. whip the cat: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (whip the cat)

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

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