raise the flag and see who salutes

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step. idiomatic
    — Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salutes.”

词形变化

raises the flag and sees who salutes present,singular,third-person raising the flag and seeing who salutes participle,present raised the flag and saw who saluted past raised the flag and seen who saluted participle,past send it up the flagpole and see who salutes alternative
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