strike one's flag

verb

(military, especially naval) To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender. / (idiomatic, by extension) To yield, give up, or surrender.

The captain ordered his crew to strike their flag as a sign of surrender.

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意味（1）

(military, especially naval) To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.

At length, having lost her fore and main-top-masts, and her mizzen-mast having been shot away to the deck, . . . the English frigate was reduced to the last extremity. Captain Cardan ordered his signal quarter-master to strike the flag.

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