troop the colour (English, verb)
expansion: troop the colour (third-person singular simple present troops the colour, present participle trooping the colour, simple past and past participle trooped the colour)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To perform the traditional military ceremony of having ensigns slowly march with their colours (flags) between the ranks, to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours.
tags: Commonwealth
Forms:
form: troops the colour
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trooping the colour
tags: participle
present
form: trooped the colour
tags: participle
past
form: trooped the colour
tags: past
form: troop the color
tags: alternative
US
form: troop the colours
tags: alternative