"flag on the play" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1955, Natalie E. White, The Billion Dollar Saint: A Farce in Three Acts, Dramatists Play Service, page 29",
          "text": "Here we go at last. It's Iona's ball on their own 10 yard line; they are in punt formation — wait — there's a flag on the play.",
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          "text": "In the modern game there is perhaps no phrase more familiar than \"Flag on the play!\" It is an instant and unmistakable signal to every player, to the benches, and to the fans, that a penalty is about to be enforced by a game official.",
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        "A penalty flag."
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        "(American football slang) A penalty flag."
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          "text": "Flag on the play, I thought we were going to the mall on Sunday?",
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        "(informal, slang, US, uncommon) Used to indicate a problem or issue."
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          "text": "Here we go at last. It's Iona's ball on their own 10 yard line; they are in punt formation — wait — there's a flag on the play.",
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        "A penalty flag."
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