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
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Like the white flag of surrender or throwing a towel into a boxing ring, crying signals that a person acknowledges defeat and can no longer put up a fight, sparing both sides in a conflict from the costs of further fighting when the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
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Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Franco Colapinto was coming behind Gasly and was met with a white flag rather than a yellow flag.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Midway through the fourth quarter and trailing by nearly 20, Nakase waved the white flag and emptied the Valkyries’ bench.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Qatari prime minister sat across from Hamas’ chief negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya, under the maroon-and-white flag of the Gulf nation on Monday evening.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Franco Colapinto was coming behind Gasly and was met with a white flag rather than a yellow flag.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Midway through the fourth quarter and trailing by nearly 20, Nakase waved the white flag and emptied the Valkyries’ bench.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Qatari prime minister sat across from Hamas’ chief negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya, under the maroon-and-white flag of the Gulf nation on Monday evening.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white flag
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“White flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20flag. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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