Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raise the flag and see who salutes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: raise the flag and see who salutes
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

1

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy it generates, usually as a preliminary step.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salutes.”"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

raises the flag and sees who salutes (present, singular) raising the flag and seeing who salutes (participle, present) raised the flag and saw who saluted (past) raised the flag and seen who saluted (participle, past) send it up the flagpole and see who salutes (alternative) send it up the flagpole (alternative)

Phrases

nail one's colours to the mast test the waters

Frequently Paired Words

nail one's colours to the mast test the waters

Questions

What does raise the flag and see who salutes mean?: To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy it generates, usually as a preliminary step.

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