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flag up

flag up verb: to mark for attention; to flag.

Verb

flag up (third-person singular simple present flags up, present participle flagging up, simple past and past participle flagged up)

  1. (transitive) To mark for attention; to flag.

Forms of flag up

third-person singular presentflags up
present participleflagging up
past participleflagged up
pastflagged up

Questions about flag up

What does flag up mean?
Flag up means to mark for attention; to flag.
What part of speech is flag up?
Flag up is a verb.
What is the past tense of flag up?
The past tense of flag up is flagged up.

Words near flag up in the dictionary

  1. flag stations
  2. flag staves
  3. flag stop
  4. flag stops
  5. Flag Town
  6. flag up
  7. flag, motherhood and apple pie
  8. flag-bearer
  9. flag-bearers
  10. flag-burning
  11. flag-burnings

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