raise the flag and see who salutes
- raise the flag and see who salutes
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To
float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or
controversy (if any) 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.”
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