strike one's colors

See: HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS.

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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, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

color

[color] See: [CHANGE COLOR], [GIVE COLOR TO] or [LEND COLOR TO], [HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS], [HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR], [NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST], [OFF-COLOR] or [OFF-COLORED], [SAIL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

show one's colors

[show one's colors] {v. phr.} 1. To show what you are really like. * /We thought Toby was timid, but he showed his colors when he rescued the ponies from […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

with flying colors

[with flying colors] {adv. phr.} With great or total success; victoriously. * /Tow finished the race with flying colors./ * /Mary came through the examination with flying colors./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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