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raise red flags

raise red flags verb: to serve as a sign or signal indicating potential danger or trouble.

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 red flags

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

Questions about raise red flags

What does raise red flags mean?
Raise red flags means to serve as a sign or signal indicating potential danger or trouble.
What part of speech is raise red flags?
Raise red flags is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise red flags?
The past tense of raise red flags is raised red flags.

Words near raise red flags in the dictionary

  1. raise one's hand
  2. raise one's head
  3. raise one's voice
  4. raise oneself up by one's bootstraps
  5. raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  6. raise red flags
  7. raise someone's consciousness
  8. raise someone's hackles
  9. raise someone's shackles
  10. raise someone's shag
  11. raise someone's spirits

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