fly the flag

Verb

Meaning

(of a ship, airline etc) To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result.

(idiomatic) To support one's country enthusiastically.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didn't. I wish I had kissed him now. Maurice Gibb

I don't want to fly the flag for being unhealthy and overweight, but I don't want to fly the flag for being too thin, either. Martine McCutcheon

Close letter words and terms

fly tent fly the blue pigeon fly the coop fly the freak flag fly the kite fly the nest