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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 of truce
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
Translations
white flag n → bandiera bianca
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