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a flag that serves as a warning signal
we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up -
something that irritates or demands immediate action
doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull - the emblem of socialist revolution
How To Use red flag In A Sentence
- A crowd of three hundred flag-wavers was blocking the street. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
- Equipped with new detail on the operations of each individual factory, the company boss might feel more comfortable yielding greater discretion to each factory manager; any drop in production - or mysterious disappearance of yarn from the supply room - would raise red flags at the head office. In defense of middle management
- I ran, in as dignified a manner as one does when late for a train, while the guard waved a red flag like an accomplished toreador on amphetamines.
- Last week: Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin tangled as they received the checkered flag with Bowyer ending up 12th after spinning to the inside of the track. Team notes: NASCAR stars return to roots at Darlington
- The victory gave Edwards a sweep of the Cup and Busch races at Atlanta that weekend, and he is the only driver to pick up his first checkered flag in both series the same weekend.
- The red flag fluttered over Sheffield town hall on May Day, a reminder of the city's radical past dating back to the Chartists.
- The red flag flaps in the wind.
- The red flags were raised some time ago. Times, Sunday Times
- A red flag is often used as a danger signal.
- 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. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
