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at half mast

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[at half mast] {prep. phr.}

Halfway up or down; referring primarily to flagposts, but may be used jokingly.

* /When a president of the United States dies, all flags are flown at half mast./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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