Usually means: Display national pride or support.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. fly the flag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. fly the flag: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fly the flag: Wiktionary
  4. Fly the Flag (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. fly the flag: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fly the flag: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fly the flag, fly the flag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (fly the flag)

verb:  To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result. (of a ship, airline etc)
verb:  (idiomatic) To support one's country enthusiastically.

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