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white flag
noun as in unconditional surrender
Example Sentences
"Are we expected to fly the Union Flag or Saltire all on our own with no assistance, while the civil servants or politicians are happy to raise the white flag of surrender?" he asked.
At a vigil for Kirk in Huntington Beach this week, some attendees waved white flags depicting a red cross and the word “JESUS,” while some chanted, “White men, fight back!”
It’s a way of throwing in the towel, waving the white flag, wishing for the mercy rule used in youth baseball.
In times past, the moral exhaustion and spiritual superficialness of white moderates and progressives led to waving the white flag of surrender and accepting white unity on toxic terms.
She looked back toward the police line and waved the blue and white flag of El Salvador.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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