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flag out

British  

verb

  1. (adverb) to register (a commercial vehicle) in a country other than the one in which it operates, usually in order to take advantage of favourable rates of taxation

"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

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“It’s always been our tradition. We’ve always stuck a flag out in front of our home and it will always be that way. These people aren’t going to bully me.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

In a fit of anger, he took the Guam flag out of his vest and ran it up a makeshift flagpole outside his hooch, 20 feet into the sky, violating military policy.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2023

Butler said he lifted the burning flag out of its holder and placed it on the ground, and he and his friends then covered both small fires with mulch.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2021

Watch as Bryson DeChambeau's caddy Brian Zeigler struggles to get the flag out of the hole during day one of the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2021

A woman in the. crowd snatched the American flag out of the hands of the British soldiers and stomped it under her boots.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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