wave the white flag

Definitions

1. 1

   To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.

2. 2

   To yield, give up, or quit.

   • I started in with a fine left-hander on his right eye. Liverpool had been a fighter once, but dissipation and bad company had taken the nerve out of him. In ten minutes I had him lying on the sand waving the white flag.
   • Last week the Herald waved the white flag, editorialized: "In view of the Professor's unfortunate exposé of Boston newspaper punditing, we have little alternative but to follow his advice."
   • The Louisiana governor accused the president of “waving the white flag” on the American economy.

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