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Colorful idioms used in English |
| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| white flag | noun | general | pretty common | No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| a flag or cloth that is plain white and used as a sign of truce or surrender, sometimes symbolically, in both military and a variety of business and interpersonal ways; seen by some as a sign of weakness | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| After months of constant bombardment by the monstrously larger aggressor, the tiny country was forced to waive the white flag. | ||||
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