I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flagging economy (= starting to become weaker )
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The government must take action to boost the flagging economy.
checkered flag
chequered flag
flag football
low/flagging (= used when saying that someone is sad )
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She was tired and her spirits were low.
red flag
waved...flag
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The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
wave/raise/show etc the white flag
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Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.
white flag
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Despite the loss, the team refuses to wave the white flag and give up on the season.
your energy flags (= it becomes less and you become tired )
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After eight laps of the running track, my energy began to flag.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chequered
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The famous horseshoe-shaped radiator was seen taking the chequered flag at Le Mans, Brooklands and Silverstone.
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However, defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running.
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It was a disappointing performance by the Bears for whom only Mark Lemon and the determined Odom took the chequered flag .
confederate
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Since last July, the Confederate battle flag no longer flies atop South Carolina's statehouse.
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I was wrong on the Confederate flag , abortion, the death penalty and Bill and Hillary no matter what I wrote.
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Earlier this year, Florida removed the Confederate flag from a display of several flags on the grounds of the state capitol.
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Therefore, prohibiting the Confederate flag on the plates would not be a First Amendment infringement.
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The Confederate flag means all these things to many whites in the South.
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Without apology, South Carolina still flies the Confederate flag from state buildings.
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We know all we need to know about the Confederate battle flag .
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A Confederate flag waves in the breeze and a Rottweiler named Cocoa Puff stands guard on the front porch.
national
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They have klaxons, banners, national flags .
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In the Westminster deposition scene West literally wraps himself in the national flag .
white
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They made a white flag and left by car.
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A white flag would mean the baby was a boy, and it was safe to return.
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Eventually Watney's waved the white flag , and Maxwell Joseph had acquired the brewery he wanted.
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There are no white flags flying outside the former Santa Rosa.
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But the men pulled a white flag and later surrendered in the presence of a priest.
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He pulled firmly back and cleared the target by twenty feet. White flag .
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The living come, murmuring with fresh flowers, their maps fluttering like white flags in the slight breeze.
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All John Smith had done was put up the white flag .
■ NOUN
carrier
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He opposed the privatisations, yet they are now the two greatest flag carriers in the Northern Ireland economy.
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With time he began to settle and his school work improved: Yoash became an ardent flag carrier for Habonim.
■ VERB
burn
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What idea does burning a flag communicate?
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Of course, where you would burn such a flag these days without threats and protests is beyond me.
carry
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She was used as a model until far into the nineteenth century and was still carrying an admiral's flag in 1848.
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There she was, in her gold leather suit, carrying the flag in the rodeo.
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That left Steve Plater to carry the flag .
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There was talk before everyone arrived here that she might be asked to carry the flag .
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But even if there isn't, these junior rockers are sure to carry the flag for climbing for years to come.
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A baton twirler carried the flag .
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On 18 May a procession of 1000 to 1500 persons marched in defiance, beating drums and carrying flags .
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At age 35, he opens the 286-pound freestyle competition after carrying the flag for the United States in the Opening Ceremony.
drape
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They broke in, smashing windows and doors and draping a flag out a second-floor window.
hoist
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The sanctity of traditional ownership and lineage are hoisted like clannish flags .
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Behaviouralism, for instance, has self-consciously hoisted its own flag and been sharply critical of Realism.
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Another community, Jank'o Amaya, is now hoisting its own white flag .
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In its place we hoisted our own flag .
hold
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I was duly astonished when Harley asked for his putter and sent Derek Jefferson ahead to hold the flag .
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All at once she lay back, closed her eyes, and held the flag to her chest.
lower
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It evolved into an end-of-the-day ceremony for lowering the flag .
raise
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In 1983, the moderate Republican Ripon Society raised warning flags , too.
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At night coyotes emerge to yip and yowl, raising their vocal flag proclaiming wilderness still holds territory deep within the city.
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The inquiry says he did not raise his flag an assertion he strongly denies.
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But these approaches might also raise red flags , said Rep.
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An estimated 12, 000 new apartments are scheduled to be built in 1996, raising the flag about too many apartments.
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But, come tomorrow, the Marines raise their flag over the airfield and take command.
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The famous sculpture of the Marines struggling to raise the flag on Iwo Jima serves as a backdrop.
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Who had raised the diaper flag ?
salute
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Is religion the only basis for not saluting the flag ?
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No, they do not have to salute the flag if they have deeply felt objections to such an act.
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For example, must teachers and students salute the flag or follow the curriculum if doing so violates their religious beliefs?
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What if the refusal becomes contagious and other students also refuse to salute the flag ?
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Can teachers be excused from saluting the flag ?
show
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A chance to show the flag !
wave
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Like the crowd at the airport and in the main street of Danu waving the malai flag of green and white.
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But at least see for yourself before you start waving the flag of protest.
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The beetles were crowded together shouting, waving flags , and holding banners.
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Now, to a neurologist, that immediately waves a red flag .
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Eventually Watney's waved the white flag , and Maxwell Joseph had acquired the brewery he wanted.
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They waved Cowboys flags , signs and pennants.
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The marshal was right when he waved his yellow flag and pointed his finger at his head.
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In their hands, strips of white cloth large as bedsheets waved like miniature flags hoisted by a conquered land.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fly the flag
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And take it down: Hotel is told it can't fly the flag.
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Elsewhere, Orrell are flying the flag for top flight northern rugby in their own, inimitable style.
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That power can be exercised only with regard to vessels flying the flag of the member state concerned or registered there.
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The hotel has been ordered to apply for approval to fly the flag, or take it down.
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The monk is alleged to have flown the flag from the roof of the monastery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The children waved flags as the President's car drove by.
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the state flag of Montana
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And take it down: Hotel is told it can't fly the flag .
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Colored flags flapped in a heavy sea wind.
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He could hear the beck-water rushing beneath the flags at his feet.
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He saw the red flag come down for the final time over Red Square in Moscow.
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His tongue is hanging out of the side of his mouth like a flag .
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Sighing deeply, Democratic pundits and brokers are beginning to rally to the Clinton flag .
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There was talk before everyone arrived here that she might be asked to carry the flag .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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But the commissioned research does flag up a number of interesting pointers to building a bigger core support.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the fifth game, I could see that my opponent was beginning to flag .
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I've flagged the sections I have questions about.
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Japan's economic growth was beginning to flag .
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Jenny taught for four hours straight without flagging.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the commissioned research does flag up a number of interesting pointers to building a bigger core support.
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Even so, recent economic reports suggest growth is flagging.
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In 1988, the 10-year budget flagged a shortfall looming about five years out, because of a slowdown in population growth.
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Provided that none of the entries were flagged as requiring attention, the system will permit their transfer to the Main Database.
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The knack for capturing the voice of each character, a trademark of Bogosian as performer, flags at times here.
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The pace and enthusiasm flagged considerably when attention had to switch from abstract or grand designs to the nitty-gritty of practical details.
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The point is simply to flag problems that loom ahead.
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The signals you put across at the job interview can flag your future ambitions.