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raise flags

raise flags is the alternative form of raise red flags.

Meaning of raise red flags

Verb

raise red flags (third-person singular simple present raises red flags, present participle raising red flags, simple past and past participle raised red flags)

  1. (figuratively, informal) To serve as a sign or signal indicating potential danger or trouble.

Forms of raise flags

third-person singular presentraises flags
present participleraising flags
past participleraised flags
pastraised flags
alternative formraise a flag

Questions about raise flags

What is raise flags the alternative form of?
Raise flags is the alternative form of raise red flags.

Words near raise flags in the dictionary

  1. raise borer
  2. raise borers
  3. raise Cain
  4. raise cane
  5. raise eyebrows
  6. raise flags
  7. raise from the dead
  8. raise hell
  9. raise hob
  10. raise one's eyebrows
  11. raise one's game

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Adapted from Wiktionary: raise flags (page history and authors); raise red flags (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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