Colors and Pirates

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Colors noun - A distinguishing emblem.

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Pirates and colors are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pirates" instead a verb "Colors".

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Colors and pirates are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Colors" instead a verb "Pirates".

Military ships, especially escorts, pirates hunters, and raiders, will be much harder to induce them into striking their colors; they could potentially have their rigging completely destroyed, and their colors still aren't struck.

Source: Video Game / Sid Meier's Pirates!
Another POTC example is "Hoist the Colors", first sung by a young boy and his fellow probably-not-all pirates on their way to the gallows.

Source: Ironic Nursery Tune
As the pirates Hoist The Colors and prepare to battle the East India Trading Company, most of the captains stand motionless as the banners rise behind them.

Source: Asskicking Pose

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