white flag
an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
Idioms about white flag
hoist / show / wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.
Origin of white flag
1Other words from white flag
- white-flag, adjective
Words Nearby white flag
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use white flag in a sentence
But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the first sign of trouble, Jeff and Britta throw the white flag.
‘Community’ Season Finale: Greendale Stares into the Abyss, Again | Chancellor Agard | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis president… seems to be waving the white flag of surrender.
Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on Ukraine, Craps & the Fed | P. J. O’Rourke | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA born-to-the-political-manor princeling has thrown up a white flag—and the worst may be yet to come.
Elsewhere, Republicans began to wave the white flag of surrender.
A white woman, Mrs. Henry Jacobi, who had been taken prisoner early in the month, crossed the plain holding a white flag.
The Red Year | Louis TracyA white flag waved on the rampart, and the drums of the garrison beat the chamade.
For some time after the white flag was hoisted there was street-fighting between the rebels and the loyals.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThese men were seen coming down the railway-track carrying a white flag.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIf he were provoked, the white flag might in a few days be again flying on the walls of Barcelona.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for white flag
a white flag or a piece of white cloth hoisted to signify surrender or request a truce
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse