white flag

noun

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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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Off his left is the current blue, red, and white flag that the country has been flying since 1992. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2026 And while the country’s current fuel shortage is painfully real, it should not be mistaken for a white flag. — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 And, for the fourth time in the last 12 games, catcher Brett Sullivan — Colorado’s human white flag — was called on to pitch in relief. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 1 June 2026 The Cubs saved the white flag in the top of the ninth by sending out Kelly to save their bullpen, and the Giants put the game on ice with a pair of home run from Cox and Schmitt. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for white flag

Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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white flag

noun
: a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a sign of surrender

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