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red flag

NOUN
  1. a flag that serves as a warning signal
    we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up
  2. something that irritates or demands immediate action
    doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull
  3. the emblem of socialist revolution

How To Use red flag In A Sentence

  • 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
  • And so the reason that they went to this propane kind of gassing, that doesn't necessarily set off a lot of red flags. CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2007
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