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单词 white flag
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white flag

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noun

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

Idioms for white flag

    hoist / show / wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.

Origin of white flag

First recorded in 1590–1600

OTHER WORDS FROM white flag

white-flag, adjective

Words nearby white flag

Whitefield, white finger, white fir, whitefish, Whitefish Bay, white flag, white flag, show the, white flight, white flint, white flour, whitefly
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Example sentences from the Web for white flag

  • The question of uniform was condoned, however, just as the white-flag incidents were condoned.

    The War in South Africa|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for white flag

white flag

noun

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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