false colours
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pl n
a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceivethe ship was sailing under false colours
an assumed or misleading name or guiseto trade under false colours
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
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false cirrus, false cognate, false color, false colors, false colour, false colours, false conjugate, false consciousness, false cyst, false dawn, False Decretals
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