Synonyms for Give the cat o'nine tails:

• v.

  •flog (verb)
  • thrash,
  • belt,
  • stripe,
  • larrup,
  • spank,
  • HIT,
  • flagellate,
  • whale,
  • hide,
  • strike,
  • scourge,
  • flax,
  • cane,
  • paddle,
  • wax,
  • whomp,
  • trounce,
  • whop,
  • chastise,
  • tan one's hide,
  • ferule,
  • flay,
  • castigate,
  • leather,
  • beat,
  • whack,
  • lather.

• Other synonyms:

  •flog
  • whops,
  • Whaling,
  • caning,
  • whacking,
  • Leathering,
  • tanned hide,
  • ferules,
  • whopped,
  • Caned,
  • larrups,
  • Whaled,
  • whomps,
  • whacked,
  • Larruped,
  • leathered,
  • flogging,
  • Larruping,
  • whomping,
  • striping,
  • tan hide.

Antonyms for Give the cat o'nine tails:

• v.

  • flog
    lose, tap, fail, compliment, protect, guard.