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white flag

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white flag
n.
A white cloth or flag signaling truce or surrender.

white flag
n
(Military) a white flag or a piece of white cloth hoisted to signify surrender or request a truce
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Noun1.white flag - flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a trucewhite flag - flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
Translations
white flag nbandiera bianca


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Beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground.
Every morning the Western Union looked to see the white flag flying over the Bell headquarters.
So the girl passed through the gates, bearing a white flag to show she was on a mission of peace, and came to Glinda's tent.
 
 
 
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