flag up


verb
  1. (tr; adverb) to bring (something) to someone's attention; point out

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How to use flag up in a sentence

  • That canoe coming forward there, with the white flag up, Filhiol insisted, means they want to powwow.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • As they were turning into Shaftesbury Avenue an empty taxicab passed them with the flag up.

    December Love | Robert Hichens
  • When she was about two miles distant she ran a flag up to her peak.

    In Strange Company | Guy Boothby
  • But Drucour still kept the flag up, and sent out parties at night to harass his assailants.

  • The first one to stick the American flag up in the receptacle there placed to receive it wins the race.