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white flag

noun

  1. an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.


white flag

noun

  1. 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


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  • white-flag adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of white flag1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. hoist / show / wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.
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Example Sentences

But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.

At the first sign of trouble, Jeff and Britta throw the white flag.

This president… seems to be waving the white flag of surrender.

A 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.

A 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.

These men were seen coming down the railway-track carrying a white flag.

If he were provoked, the white flag might in a few days be again flying on the walls of Barcelona.

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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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