- white flag
- noun Date: 1555 1. a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender 2. a token of weakness or yielding
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white flag
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white flag — white flag, adj. 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. [1590 1600] * * * … Universalium
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