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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To foresee is to give too much weight to intuition; foreseeing might be waving a white flag prematurely.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The Padres seem headed to another competitive season in a 15-team league that serves up six playoff berths, with two or three teams that raise a figurative white flag on Opening Day and a few others that lack the pitching to really go for it.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Given recent results — and the sale of best player Gimenez to Milan, a transfer which happened after the draw was made for the play-off round — Feyenoord’s supporters could be forgiven for thinking their club was waving a white flag for this tie.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Nor are the leaders of Japan and South Korea, which Trump World seemed to think would wave the white flag early and often to avoid the trade war.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The Padres seem headed to another competitive season in a 15-team league that serves up six playoff berths, with two or three teams that raise a figurative white flag on Opening Day and a few others that lack the pitching to really go for it.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Given recent results — and the sale of best player Gimenez to Milan, a transfer which happened after the draw was made for the play-off round — Feyenoord’s supporters could be forgiven for thinking their club was waving a white flag for this tie.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Nor are the leaders of Japan and South Korea, which Trump World seemed to think would wave the white flag early and often to avoid the trade war.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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