Cue and Flag

Cue

Cue noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

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Flag and cue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flag" instead a noun "Cue".

Nearby Words: cued, cueing

Flag noun - A piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling.

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Cue and flag are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cue" instead a noun "Flag".

Nearby Word: flagging

clear	clear cue	clear flag
distinctive	distinctive cue	distinctive flag
similar	similar cue	similar flag
specific	specific cue	specific flag
Other adjectives: certain, instant, single, obvious, small, actual, real, big, huge, little, important, famous, next.

In Stargate Atlantis, due to Sheppard and McKay not realising that the Ancient "game" of Civilisation they were playing was actually real, cue everyone's surprise upon discovering a nation with McKay's face on the flag.

Source: Malevolent Mugshot
Cue Windows 8.1 making the directory read-only and disabling the ability to remove the read-only flag...the convoluted process of how Windows manages file permissions, or that it always marks system folders as read-only doesn't help.

Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming

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