white flag Wikipedia From the colour of the flag. white flag (plural white flags) A flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender....
strike one's flag, wave the white flag Don't shoot! I surrender! (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign. to surrender a right, privilege...
the white flag, simple past and past participle waved the white flag) (in military combat) To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering. 1900...
their flag. (yield, give up, surrender): give in, strike the tent, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, throw up the sponge, wave the white flag to take...
the original on 21 March 2023: [Pitt] pairs [the upside-down American flag dipped in black ink] with a white surrender flag with the message “FDT” [.]...
To admit defeat, capitulate. Synonyms: capitulate, give in, surrender, wave the white flag Coordinate terms: give out, give way OK, I give up, you win...
deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack. 1921...
of the flag itself was white without foreground image, red or black; white generally denoted persecution, at which the victim could surrender. From Phoenician...
contexts. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.) (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. The frigate...
New York, N.Y.: Harper and Brothers, […], →OCLC, book VI (Siege and Surrender of Mexico), page 155: The Mexicans, elated with their success, meanwhile...