English Dictionary

strike one's flag

動詞

特に 広義 慣用表現

(military, especially naval) To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender. / (idiomatic, by extension) To yield, give up, or surrender.

日本語の意味

旗を下ろして降伏を示す。 / 譲歩、降伏、または諦める行為を示す。

Facing inevitable defeat, the captain had no choice but to strike one's flag and surrender his ship.

避けられない敗北に直面し、艦長はやむを得ず自艦の国旗を降ろして降伏した。

意味（1）

(military, especially naval) To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.

At length, having lost her fore and main-top-masts, and her mizzen-mast having been shot away to the deck, . . . the English frigate was reduced to the last extremity. Captain Cardan ordered his signal quarter-master to strike the flag.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To yield, give up, or surrender.

The point of this exercise wouldn't be to cause one side of the argument to see that the other is correct and strike their flag.

strikes one's flag （ present singular third-person ）

striking one's flag （ participle present ）

struck one's flag （ past ）

struck one's flag （ participle past ）

stricken one's flag （ participle past ）