wave the white flag
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wave the white flag
verb waves the white flag · waving the white flag · waved the white flag · raise the white flag · hoist the white flag
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To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.
Then it was seen how perilous was the situation of the Boer snipers. . . . There was no escape for them save across the open. It says much for their courage that they took that perilous choice rather than wave the white flag, which would have ensured their safety.
Similar: capitulate
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To yield, give up, or quit.
I started in with a fine left-hander on his right eye. Liverpool had been a fighter once, but dissipation and bad company had taken the nerve out of him. In ten minutes I had him lying on the sand waving the white flag.
Similar: capitulate
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verb indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering
| 中文 | 舉白旗 /举白旗 jǔ báiqí |
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| Русский | капитули́ровать kapitulírovatʹ |
verb to yield, give up, or quit
| Русский | сдава́ться sdavátʹsja, отступа́ть otstupátʹ |
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