false colors
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He promptly hoisted the French flag and under these false colors sailed boldly past the British war boats guarding Gibraltar into the Mediterranean.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was that because he flew false colors himself?
From Time Magazine Archive
O'Brian was fascinated with feints and deceptions, with warships that disguise themselves or fly false colors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The action of the book moves about the peeling off, in successive layers, of Waring's false colors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Confederate would at once accuse him of sailing under false colors, and trying to pass himself off for one of Price's soldiers when he was in reality a Lincolnite.
From Rodney The Partisan by Castlemon, Harry
