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wave/show/fly the flag
UK
Definition
to show support for the country, group or organization that you belong to
(Definition of wave/show/fly the flag from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- -backed
- back
- backing
- Behind every great/successful man there stands a woman.
- buttress
- champion
- close ranks
- defence
- espouse
- flag-waving
- jump to sb's defence
- pander to sb/sth
- stand up for sth/sb
- strike a blow for sth
- support v (ENCOURAGE)
- support v (HELP)
- support v (PROVIDE)
- take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth
- tip the scales
- with
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