past participle of strike one's flag

simple past tense and past participle of pick one's battles

(obsolete) To study for the bar (to become a lawyer).

To depart; to leave

Without restraint, hesitation, or inhibition; endlessly.

(idiomatic, slang, often imperative) To select something as one's preferred choice from a set of related things, people etc.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of look out for number one

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guard one's tongue

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, on, back. / (idiomatic) without recourse; helpless

(chiefly US, idiomatic, informal) to rely on (someone or something) for success