flagpole
英 ['fl?gp??l]
美['fl?ɡpol]
- n. 旗竿
詞組搭配
run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes)
test the popularity of a new idea or proposal
測試對（新觀點，新建議）的認可度；試行（新辦法，新建議）
the idea was first run up the flagpole in 1997.
這種辦法1997年開始試行。
run (something) up the flagpole&I{【俚語】}
To test (a plan, a suggestion, a draft, or an idea) and then measure the response to it.
試驗，檢驗：檢驗（一項計劃、建議、草案或想法）并估量對它的反應