flag on the play
(informal, slang, American, uncommon) Used to indicate a problem or issue.
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(informal, slang, American, uncommon) Used to indicate a problem or issue.
In the modern game there is perhaps no phrase more familiar than "Flag on the play!" It is an instant and unmistakable signal to every player, to the benches, and to the fans, that a penalty is about to be enforced by a game official.
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(American football, _, slang) A penalty flag.
Here we go at last. It's Iona's ball on their own 10 yard line; they are in punt formation — wait — there's a flag on the play.
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