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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Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault waved the white flag and removed the majority of his key players with minutes remaining in the third quarter.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Detroit kept pouring it on from there, and by the fifth inning Alex Cora had waved the white flag and emptied the Red Sox bench.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
The San Diego Union-Tribune On March 30, maritime law enforcement officials patrolling the ocean southwest of San Diego spotted and approached a suspicious vessel whose occupants were waving white flags to signal distress.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
An annual brag-fest thrown with the sole purpose of selling advertising space is an unusual venue to wave a white flag, but Bloys had fun with it — as did Max (Ahem, HBO Max) CMO Shauna Spenley.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Detroit kept pouring it on from there, and by the fifth inning Alex Cora had waved the white flag and emptied the Red Sox bench.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
The San Diego Union-Tribune On March 30, maritime law enforcement officials patrolling the ocean southwest of San Diego spotted and approached a suspicious vessel whose occupants were waving white flags to signal distress.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
An annual brag-fest thrown with the sole purpose of selling advertising space is an unusual venue to wave a white flag, but Bloys had fun with it — as did Max (Ahem, HBO Max) CMO Shauna Spenley.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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