strike one's colors

English

Verb

strike one's colors (third-person singular simple present strikes one's colors, present participle striking one's colors, simple past struck one's colors, past participle struck one's colors or stricken one's colors)

1. Alternative form of strike one's flag
   • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 25:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2022:

     Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^[sic] overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.