waving white flag
Signaling total capitulation
Waving a white flag signals surrender or a request for truce.
The white flag has been recognized across cultures as a sign of peaceful intent, typically waved by combatants who wish to stop fighting or negotiate.
Extended to any situation where someone gives up or admits defeat: After arguing for an hour, I'm waving the white flag—you win.
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- throwing in the towelAccepting defeat, stopping effort
- admitting defeatAcknowledging loss openly
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
defeat · capitulation · peace · yield · submit · giving up · raising hands · retreat · armistice · parley · negotiate · concede · mercy · resigned · hopeless · last resort · battlefield · soldier
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Surrenderscapitulation, unconditional surrender, formal surrender, surrender ceremony, laying down arms
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- submission gestureskowtow, genuflection, genuflect, genuflecting, prostration
waving white flagstanding one's ground
Refusing to yield position
defiance · digging in · resistance · last stand · counterattacking
waving white flagvictory salute
Winner's celebratory motion
triumphant · conquest · vanquishing · winning · ticker-tape parade
waving white flagperseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
soldiering on · persistence · determination · tenacity · grit
waving, wave, waved, waves, waviness, white, whiten, whitened, whitening