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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▸ 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.
Similar:
pull the devil by the tail,
crack the whip,
whip,
whip it on someone,
whip up,
dogwhip,
whip in,
horsewhip,
cartwhip,
whip some skull on,
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