run something up the flagpole (English, verb)
expansion: run something up the flagpole (third-person singular simple present runs something up the flagpole, present participle running something up the flagpole, simple past ran something up the flagpole, past participle run something up the flagpole)
Senses:
glosses: To propose an idea or make a suggestion in order to acquire feedback from others.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: runs something up the flagpole
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: running something up the flagpole
tags: participle
present
form: ran something up the flagpole
tags: past
form: run something up the flagpole
tags: participle
past