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YELLOW FLAG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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yellow flag

noun

  1. Nautical. quarantine flag.


yellow flag

noun

  1. another name for quarantine flag
  2. See flag 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yellow flag1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

Norris was penalised for ignoring yellow flags that were being waved for a piece of debris on the pit straight - a wing mirror that had come off Alex Albon's Williams.

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Drive past an intersection linking central Beirut to the Dahiyeh’s edge, where Hezbollah’s yellow flags start to appear on lampposts and the din of Israeli drones grows louder, and traffic rapidly melts away.

Unverified video posted online appeared to show people carrying yellow flags of the Khalistan movement - which demands a separate Sikh homeland in India - clashing with others holding Indian flags.

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Russell qualified on the front row for the sprint race, and Hamilton looked like he could have got pole for that event had he not come across yellow flags on his qualifying lap.

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But this backfired when Williams driver Franco Colapinto, who was the only other driver out on track with them, spun at Turn 12 and Hamilton had to slow down for the subsequent yellow flags.

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