flagpole
英 ['flægpəʊl]
美['flæɡpol]
- n. 旗竿
词组搭配
run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes)
test the popularity of a new idea or proposal
测试对（新观点，新建议）的认可度；试行（新办法，新建议）
the idea was first run up the flagpole in 1997.
这种办法1997年开始试行。
run (something) up the flagpole&I{【俚语】}
To test (a plan, a suggestion, a draft, or an idea) and then measure the response to it.
试验，检验：检验（一项计划、建议、草案或想法）并估量对它的反应