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white flag

A white cloth or flag signaling truce or surrender.

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white flag

(Military) a white flag or a piece of white cloth hoisted to signify surrender or request a truce

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white′ flag′

an all-white banner or piece of cloth used as a symbol of surrender or truce.

Idioms:

hoist, show, or wave the white flag, to give up; yield.

[1590–1600]

white′-flag′, adj.

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white flag - flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce

flag of truce

flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

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white flag

n → bandiera bianca

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But if we have Jesus at our side, they will raise the white flag of surrender. For Jesus' (God's) power is genuine and inherent, not just "borrowed," as in the case of evil spirits.

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