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white flag
noun
Idioms 1.
an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
2.
hoist/show/wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.
Origin:
1590–1600
1590–1600
Related forms
white-flag, adjective
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| white flag | |
| —n | |
| a white flag or a piece of white cloth hoisted to signify surrender or request a truce | |
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