Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

raise the flag and see who salutes en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic) To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy it generates, usually as a preliminary step.
    • 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.” 1996, Jo Ann Oravec, Virtual individuals, virtual groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking, page 312:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
raised the flag and seen who saluted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
send it up the flagpole and see who salutes alternative lexicographic
send it up the flagpole alternative lexicographic
raising the flag and seeing who salutes Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raised the flag and saw who saluted Tense=Past lexicographic
raises the flag and sees who salutes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

test the waters · nail one's colours to the mast