put the flags out!
UK humorousDefinition
› something that you say when you are pleased and surprised that something has happened: Josh has cleaned the bathroom - put the flags out!Celebrating and entertaining
(Definition of put the flags out! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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