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red flagging

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red-flag

[red-flag] verb, -flagged, -flag⋅ging, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.
2. to provoke the attention of; alert; arouse: The animal's refusal to eat red-flagged the keeper that something was wrong.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to a red flag.
4. intended or serving to emphasize, warn, incite, or provoke.

Origin:
1880–85
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