Definition of red flag

red flag

noun

a warning.
Last edited on Jun 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
a cause for concern.




Citation from "Begin the Begin", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from Complete Idiot's Guide to A Career in Computer Programming, Jesse Liberty, 1999 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Dec 30 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 13 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'flag':
flagger	Definitions include: a person who makes arrangements to do something or be somewhere, and then does not follow through; "flake".
let (one's) freak flag fly	Definitions include: to not hide what makes a person a freak or makes a person be perceived as a freak.
*raise the bullsht flag**	Definitions include: to declare a statement untrue; see also bullshit
red flag is down	Definitions include: having one's menstrual period.
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Aunt Flo and cousin Red	Definitions include: menstrual period.
*case of the red ss**	Definitions include: angry, pissed off
code red	Definitions include: an emergency situation.
Colombian red	Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
cousin Red	Definitions include: see Aunt Flo and cousin Red.
earn (one's) red wings	Definitions include: to give oral sex to a woman on her period, for the first time.
*give the red ss**	Definitions include: something that gets on your nerves or bugs you.
in the red	Definitions include: in debt.
Jesus H. red-headed Christ	Definitions include: interjection of surprise, alarm, etc.
paint the town red	Definitions include: to have a great time around town.
Panama red	Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
RCH	Definitions include: figuratively, a very small amount.
red	Definitions include: mean; spiteful; cruel.
*red-ss**	Definitions include: a person who is so intense in his/her competitive spirit that they are constantly on the verge of boiling over.
red ball	Definitions include: emergency, or a situation that needs an urgent response.
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