keep the flag flyingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

keep the flag flying (三人称単数 現在形 keeps the flag flying, 現在分詞 keeping the flag flying, 過去形および過去分詞形 kept the flag flying)

1. (bridge) To bid more or less rashly in order to liven up the game.
   • 1911, Advanced Auction Bridge (page 158)

     In spite of Y's double and in spite of the fact that the spade suit is not of the slightest use to him, as A cannot get any discards on it, A bids two hearts not only to keep the flag flying and prevent Z from going game but with high hopes that Y's double is a bluff.

   • 1929, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality (volume 147, page 96)

     […] all I know is that to keep the flag flying is an accepted part of bridge, […]

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