flagpole
See also: flag pole
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
flagpole (plural flagpoles)
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pole for flags
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Verb
flagpole (third-person singular simple present flagpoles, present participle flagpoling, simple past and past participle flagpoled)
- (Canada, rare) Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements.
- 2016, Beyhan Farhadi, “Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity”, in Jay Pitter, John Lorinc, editor, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity:
- I understand immigrating to Canada is getting harder and harder. [The difficulty of navigating bureaucracy] might be a way to let people fall between the cracks. I really don't know. The hoops immigrants have to go through, such as flagpoling. And I don't have any political representatives. I didn't vote.
- 2020 July 30, “Work permit: Who can apply”, in canada.ca[1]:
- You can only apply at the port of entry if you meet all of these conditions:
#** you’re entering Canada from the United States
#*** you cannot travel from inside Canada to the port of entry (in other words, you cannot “flagpole”)[...]
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