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flag

Definition

  • noun: a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as a symbol of a nation or group
  • noun: any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves
  • verb: to signal (someone or something that is moving past you) to stop especially by raising or waving your hand
  • verb: to signal with or as if with a flag
  • often + 'down'
  • synonyms: flagstone, fail, decline

Examples

  • They 'raised the white flag' [=admitted defeat] soon after the election results came in.

  • The 'flag' was flying [=the flag was raised up on a pole] over the fort.

  • Gaps in your employment history are 'red flags' to employers.

Movie quotes

  • (..) We've just been attacked. The world thinks it can test us right now, and a full, swift show of force is the only way to remind them that our flag is still flying strong tonight. And all I'm saying is that I think there are different ways to show force. What you need to (..)
    2016 TvShow: Designated Survivor Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1