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2022-05-15 08:05
Hoist (a/the) white flag phrase
To accept defeat and let someone win or take control of something that has been yours until now.
The gunman knew that he couldn't escape, so he hoisted the white flag.
When a posse surrounded my gang and me at that ranch house, we hoisted a white flag.
They tried to talk us into hoisting a white flag, but we will fight until there isn't a single one of us left standing!
1. To cause a person or group to be submissive by weakening or defeating them
2. To disrupt or stop a process or thing
To unwillingly give up control of something
To yield to someone or something.
The verb "hoist" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The first mention of the usage of white flags to surrender is made during the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25–220).
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To overcome some disadvantage or get out of a bad situation when you have already lost a lot of time for it
We love Tim but we all think that it's impossible he can make up leeway and win first place in the race.
