strike one's colors

A form of strike one's flag — To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.

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Meanings

verbstrike one's colors (third-person singular simple present strikes one's colors, present participle striking one's colors, simple past struck one's colors, past participle struck one's colors or (rare or archaic) stricken one's colors)

present singular third person strikes one's colors · participle present striking one's colors · past struck one's colors · participle past struck one's colors · archaic participle past rare stricken one's colors

  1. alternativeAlternative form of strike one's flag.

    Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.

    2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 25:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strike one's colors,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20one's%20colors.

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