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flag out

British

verb

(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

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flag out

“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

Dahlia Lithwick: Any news you want to flag out of the court’s long conference?

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2024

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

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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