raise the flag and see who salutes verb1 •(US) To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy it generates, usually as a preliminary step.Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salutes.” — 1996 formsraised the flag and saw who saluted · raised the flag and seen who saluted · raising the flag and seeing who salutes · raises the flag and sees who salutes
