white flag
noun
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
Examples of white flag in a Sentence
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McClain was chasing Mackey’s king all over the board, taunting him relentlessly, urging him to wave the white flag.
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Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Some Palestinians carried white flags, hoping to fend off attacks.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
The Azerbaijani presidential administration responded by calling on the breakaway government to give up arms and dissolve itself by raising a white flag.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
Nearby, a white flag fluttered in the breeze under a Haitian flag in a sign of peace.
—MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
Prince Harry and Meghan posed for a photo with the Nigerian team holding their green and white flag.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
One man’s white flag is another man’s white pocket square.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
The participating locations will have a white flag outside.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2023
Defensively, the Suns roster seemed to trade in their purple and orange jerseys for white flags.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
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Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Some Palestinians carried white flags, hoping to fend off attacks.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
The Azerbaijani presidential administration responded by calling on the breakaway government to give up arms and dissolve itself by raising a white flag.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
Nearby, a white flag fluttered in the breeze under a Haitian flag in a sign of peace.
—MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
Prince Harry and Meghan posed for a photo with the Nigerian team holding their green and white flag.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
One man’s white flag is another man’s white pocket square.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
The participating locations will have a white flag outside.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2023
Defensively, the Suns roster seemed to trade in their purple and orange jerseys for white flags.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
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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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