flag
verb/flæɡ/
/flæɡ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flag | /flæɡ/ /flæɡ/ |
| he / she / it flags | /flæɡz/ /flæɡz/ |
| past simple flagged | /flæɡd/ /flæɡd/ |
| past participle flagged | /flæɡd/ /flæɡd/ |
| -ing form flagging | /ˈflæɡɪŋ/ /ˈflæɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] flag something to draw attention to information that you think is important, especially by putting a special mark next to it
- I've flagged the paragraphs that we need to look at in more detail.
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- [intransitive] to become tired, weaker or less enthusiastic
- It had been a long day and the children were beginning to flag.
- Her confidence had never flagged.
- flagging support/enthusiasm
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Word Originverb sense 1 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin. verb sense 2 mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘flap about loosely, hang down’): related to obsolete flag ‘hanging down’.
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