strike the flag

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 the flag (third-person singular simple present strikes the flag, present participle striking the flag, simple past struck the flag, past participle struck the flag or (rare or archaic) stricken the flag)

present singular third person strikes the flag · participle present striking the flag · past struck the flag · participle past struck the flag · archaic participle past rare stricken the flag

  1. alternativeAlternative form of strike one's flag.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deploresurrender
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APA

strike the flag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20flag

MLA

“strike the flag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20flag. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strike the flag,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20flag.

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