Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A warning signal.
- noun Something that demands attention or provokes an irritated reaction.
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- noun idiomatic A
cue ,warning , oralert ; asign orsignal that something iswrong .
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- noun the emblem of socialist revolution
- noun something that irritates or demands immediate action
- noun a flag that serves as a warning signal
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Examples
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Unvetted Palin Insists Candidates Should "Vet One Another" "AKMuckraker" 2012
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Unvetted Palin Insists Candidates Should "Vet One Another" "AKMuckraker" 2012
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Unvetted Palin Insists Candidates Should "Vet One Another" "AKMuckraker" 2012
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Unvetted Palin Insists Candidates Should "Vet One Another" "AKMuckraker" 2012
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Unvetted Palin Insists Candidates Should "Vet One Another" "AKMuckraker" 2012
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This is called waving the red flag, and threatening to put the nation's oil deficit in even more dollar-bashing trouble.
Robert Lenzner: ExxonMobil CEO Says Oil Price Should Be $60 to $70 a Barrel Robert Lenzner 2011
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The second was more dangerous, coming five minutes after the session had started and just as a handful of cars were completing their installation laps, bringing out the red flag.
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Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted as John McCain and others claim, she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and others to continue their public "vetting" of Mitt Romney and the cast of Republican presidential hopefuls.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com "AKMuckraker" 2012
chained_bear commented on the word red flag
The red flag flies at dawn.
Seriously, I have one (actually two) of these on my work desk. They are a recently adopted office-wide signal (when placed atop the cubicle cabinet for all to see) that the person is on the phone or seriously busy and desires quiet.
January 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word red flag
Why do I have a red flag on my screen whenever I'm on the home page these days? Was it decided democratically in my absence? Can't believe it's Google.
March 18, 2009