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white flag
noun as in unconditional surrender
Example Sentences
But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.
At the first sign of trouble, Jeff and Britta throw the white flag.
This president… seems to be waving the white flag of surrender.
A born-to-the-political-manor princeling has thrown up a white flag—and the worst may be yet to come.
Elsewhere, Republicans began to wave the white flag of surrender.
A white woman, Mrs. Henry Jacobi, who had been taken prisoner early in the month, crossed the plain holding a white flag.
A white flag waved on the rampart, and the drums of the garrison beat the chamade.
For some time after the white flag was hoisted there was street-fighting between the rebels and the loyals.
These men were seen coming down the railway-track carrying a white flag.
If he were provoked, the white flag might in a few days be again flying on the walls of Barcelona.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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