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• show the white flag — surrender, give in …   English contemporary dictionary

• white flag — noun count 1. ) a white flag or piece of cloth held up to show that you accept you are defeated: wave/fly/show the white flag 2. ) a sign that you want to make peace with someone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• white flag — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms white flag : singular white flag plural white flags 1) a white flag or piece of cloth held up to show that you accept you are defeated wave/fly/show the white flag 2) a sign that you want to make peace with… …   English dictionary

• white flag — n. symbol of surrender to show the white flag * * * [ symbol of surrender ] to show the white flag …   Combinatory dictionary

• white flag — noun (C) a sign that you accept that you have been defeated: wave/show the white flag (=accept defeat): There was no question of the Republicans throwing in the towel or showing the white flag …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• white flag — n a sign that you accept that you have failed or been defeated →↑surrender wave/raise/show etc the white flag ▪ Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• white flag — white flag, adj. 1. an all white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce. 2. hoist, show, or wave the white flag, to give up; weaken; yield. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

• white flag — noun flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑flag of truce • Hypernyms: ↑flag * * * white flag, a plain white flag used as a sign of truce or surrender. * * * n. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia (play) — The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia is the first play in the series A Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones. Infobox Play name = The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia image size = caption = writer = Preston Jones chorus …   Wikipedia

• White — This article is about the color. For other uses, see White (disambiguation). white light redirects here. For other uses, see White Light. White   Common connotations  ghos …   Wikipedia

• show — v. & n. v. (past part. shown or showed) 1 intr. & tr. be, or allow or cause to be, visible; manifest; appear (the buds are beginning to show; white shows the dirt). 2 tr. (often foll. by to) offer, exhibit, or produce (a thing) for scrutiny etc.… …   Useful english dictionary