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white flag
noun
an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
white flag
noun
a white flag or a piece of white cloth hoisted to signify surrender or request a truce
Other Word Forms
- white-flag adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of white flag1
Idioms and Phrases
hoist / show / wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.
Example Sentences
She looked back toward the police line and waved the blue and white flag of El Salvador.
He then agreed it might be wise for Kyiv to "raise the white flag" and surrender.
“It’s my father’s safety that matters most. I would raise a white flag to any tank or soldier who comes into this area,” she said.
We pass a parked car with a white flag.
I'd go so far as saying I'd be buying a white flag of surrender for Mr Fields to wave whenever he sees me when I drop my daughter off at school.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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