"raise the flag and see who salutes" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raises the flag and sees who salutes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raising the flag and seeing who salutes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the flag and saw who saluted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the flag and seen who saluted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "raise<> the flag and see<,,saw,seen> who salutes<salutes,salutes,saluted>"
      },
      "expansion": "raise the flag and see who salutes (third-person singular simple present raises the flag and sees who salutes, present participle raising the flag and seeing who salutes, simple past raised the flag and saw who saluted, past participle raised the flag and seen who saluted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Jo Ann Oravec, Virtual individuals, virtual groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking, page 312",
          "text": "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.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step."
      ],
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        [
          "float",
          "float"
        ],
        [
          "controversy",
          "controversy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "nail one's colours to the mast"
        },
        {
          "word": "test the waters"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "send it up the flagpole and see who salutes"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raise the flag and see who salutes"
}

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      "form": "raises the flag and sees who salutes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raising the flag and seeing who salutes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the flag and saw who saluted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raised the flag and seen who saluted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "raise<> the flag and see<,,saw,seen> who salutes<salutes,salutes,saluted>"
      },
      "expansion": "raise the flag and see who salutes (third-person singular simple present raises the flag and sees who salutes, present participle raising the flag and seeing who salutes, simple past raised the flag and saw who saluted, past participle raised the flag and seen who saluted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nail one's colours to the mast"
    },
    {
      "word": "test the waters"
    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Jo Ann Oravec, Virtual individuals, virtual groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking, page 312",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step."
      ],
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        [
          "float",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "send it up the flagpole and see who salutes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raise the flag and see who salutes"
}