fly the freak flag

English

Etymology

See freak flag.

Verb

fly the freak flag (third-person singular simple present flies the freak flag, present participle flying the freak flag, simple past flew the freak flag, past participle flown the freak flag)

1. (informal) To behave in an unconventional or unrestrained manner; to exhibit the uninhibited side of one's personality.
   • 2002 July 3, Mark Morford, “Girl With The Toaster Tattoo”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎^[1]:

     What she realized, in short, is she could go with her funk and quirk, be who she was and fly the freak flag high and be herself and not fall back into, well, toaster mode.

   • 2012, Jeri Smith-Ready, Lust for Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 1:

     Halloween is a great day to be dead. Or, technically speaking, undead. A vampire like me can be just a bit more herself in public, fly the freak flag a few feet higher.

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