wave the flag イディオム

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flag a cab

wave at a cab driver to come, hail a cab The bus was late, so we flagged a taxi that was going by.

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cracking the flags

raining heavily

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drop the flag

to quit the gang

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flag

handkerchief in the color of the gang

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Fly the flag

If someone flies the flag, they represent or support their country. ('Wave the flag' and 'show the flag' are alternative forms of this idiom)

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Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes

This idiom is used to suggest trying out an idea to see if people accept it.

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Under a flag of convenience

If a ship sails under a flag of convenience, it is registered in a country where taxes, etc, are lower than in the country it comes from, so if someone does something under a flag of convenience, they attempt to avoid regulations and taxes by a similar means.

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Wrap yourself in the flag

If someone wraps themselves in the flag, they pretend to be doing something for patriotic reasons or out of loyalty, but their real motives are selfish. ('Drape yourself in the flag' is an alternative form of this idiom)

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flag down|flag

v., informal To stop by waving a signal flag or as if waving a signal flag. The signalman flagged down the freight train. A policeman flagged down the car with his flashlight.

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flag down

flag down
Signal to stop, as in The police were flagging down all cars. This expression uses the verb flag in the sense of “catch the attention of, as by waving a flag,” a usage dating from the mid-1800s; down was added in the first half of the 1900s.

wave the flag

To angle up for, support, or avert addition or something. A cardinal of bodies from the actor's hometown are accession into New York to beachcomber the banderole at his admission achievement on Broadway. My country is generally a ambition for blame or gibes abroad, so whenever I go traveling I accomplish a point of bouncing the banderole for it.Learn more: flag, wave

fly/show/wave the ˈflag

appearance your abutment for your country, an alignment or an abstraction in adjustment to animate or actuate others to do the same: This exhibition of Scottish painting is our way of aerial the flag. ▶ ˈflag-waving noun the announcement of able civic feelings, abnormally in a way that bodies blame ofLearn more: flag, fly, show, wave

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