strike (one's) flag



strike (one's) flag

To lower the flag on a ship in a show of surrender. Captain, they've struck their flag! We've won!
See also: flag, strike

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cobb[kɔb]
Daragh-Irish
Johns[dʒɔnz]
Ithamar-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
AugustOW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
PaxtonPAKS-tənEnglish (Modern)