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run up a flagpole

VERB
deliberate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consider consult contemplate mull over ponder reflect weigh
STRONG
argue cerebrate cogitate debate excogitate judge meditate muse reason revolve roll ruminate speculate study
WEAK
bat it around chew over hammer away at kick around knock around pour it on put on thinking cap rack brains stew over sweat over talk over turn over
Antonyms
STRONGEST
discard disregard forget ignore neglect
STRONG
abstain agree go along

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Sometimes even a lunchcloth of five, six, or maybe sixty hundred stars or a bit of daylight-blue with a caul of sunshine across, hoisted there as if run up a flagpole.

From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie