"strike one's colors" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: strikes one's colors [present, singular, third-person], striking one's colors [participle, present], struck one's colors [past], struck one's colors [participle, past], stricken one's colors [archaic, participle, past, rare]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,struck,struck:stricken􂀿rare or archaic􂁀>}} strike one's colors (third-person singular simple present strikes one's colors, present participle striking one's colors, simple past struck one's colors, past participle struck one's colors or (rare or archaic) stricken one's colors)
  1. Alternative form of strike one's flag. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: strike one's flag
    Sense id: en-strike_one's_colors-en-verb-5kdP8-xd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.",
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