plant a flag

Frequency: 5.03.0 per million words

To place a flag firmly in the ground or on a surface, often to claim territory.

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Examples (10)

  • The explorers decided to plant a flag on the summit to mark their achievement.
  • Astronauts were the first to plant an American flag on the moon's surface.
  • The mountaineers will plant their national flag at the peak.
  • Soldiers were ordered to plant the flag in the captured territory.
  • The team celebrated by planting their team flag in the ground.
  • Pirates would plant a black flag to claim the island as their own.
  • The expedition leader chose to plant a flag marking the new discovery.
  • After hours of climbing, they finally planted the flag at the summit.
  • The colonists were eager to plant their flag on the new continent.
  • Scientists planted a research flag to mark the study site.