raise the white flag



raise the white flag

To indicate one's surrender, defeat, or submission. All right, I raise the white flag—you win the game. That attack totally decimated us, and we were forced to raise the white flag.
See also: flag, raise, white

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LandenLAN-dənEnglish (Modern)
Ayliff['eilif]
KilianKEE-lee-ahn (German)German, Irish, French
EwaE-vahPolish
Gentry['dʒentri]
JethroJETH-ro (English)Biblical