flag
♦ flag /fl'æg/ (flags flagging flagged)
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A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.
The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag...
They had raised the white flag in surrender.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu adj N, N of n
Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.
Joining John Whitaker will be his brother Michael also riding under the British flag...
3 [VERB] V, V
If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.
His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...
By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.
4
see also flagged
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.flag day (flag days)
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In Britain, a flag day is a day on which people collect money for a charity from people in the street. People are given a small sticker to wear to show that they have given money.flag down
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you flag down a vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to stop.
They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them...
Marlette was already out of the door, flagging down a taxi.
= hailred flag (red flags)
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A red flag is a flag that is red in colour and is used as a symbol to represent communism and socialism or to indicate danger or as a sign that you should stop.
Then the rain came and the red flag went up to signal a halt.
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If you refer to something as a red flag, you mean that it acts as a danger signal.
The abnormal bleeding is your body's own red flag of danger.
1 [N-COUNT]
A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.
The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag...
They had raised the white flag in surrender.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu adj N, N of n
Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.
Joining John Whitaker will be his brother Michael also riding under the British flag...
3 [VERB] V, V
If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.
His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...
By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.
4
see also flagged
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.flag day (flag days)
[N-COUNT]
In Britain, a flag day is a day on which people collect money for a charity from people in the street. People are given a small sticker to wear to show that they have given money.flag down
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you flag down a vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to stop.
They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them...
Marlette was already out of the door, flagging down a taxi.
= hailred flag (red flags)
1 [N-COUNT]
A red flag is a flag that is red in colour and is used as a symbol to represent communism and socialism or to indicate danger or as a sign that you should stop.
Then the rain came and the red flag went up to signal a halt.
2 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to something as a red flag, you mean that it acts as a danger signal.
The abnormal bleeding is your body's own red flag of danger.