haul down one's colors

[haul down one's colors] or [strike one's colors] {v. phr.}

1. To pull down a flag, showing you are beaten and want to stop fighting.

* /After a long battle, the pirate captain hauled down his colors./

2. To admit you are beaten; say you want to quit.

* /After losing two sets of tennis, Tom hauled down his color./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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