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white flag

–noun
1. an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
2. hoist, show, or wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield.

Origin:
1590–1600


white-flag, adjective
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white flag  
n.  A white cloth or flag signaling truce or surrender.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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