"wrap in the flag" meaning in English

See wrap in the flag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-wrap in the flag.ogg [Australia] Forms: wraps in the flag [present, singular, third-person], wrapping in the flag [participle, present], wrapped in the flag [participle, past], wrapped in the flag [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wrap in the flag (third-person singular simple present wraps in the flag, present participle wrapping in the flag, simple past and past participle wrapped in the flag)
  1. (transitive, US, idiomatic) To claim as deserving support for patriotic reasons. Tags: US, idiomatic, transitive Related terms: flag-waving, patriotism

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wrap in the flag meaning in English (2.1kB)

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