Usually means: Warning sign of potential trouble.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word red flag:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. red flag: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. red-flag, red flag: Merriam-Webster
  3. red flag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. red flag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. red flag, the Red Flag: Collins English Dictionary
  6. red flag: Vocabulary.com
  7. red-flag, red flag: Wordnik
  8. red flag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. red flag: Wiktionary
  10. red flag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. red flag: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. red-flag, red flag: Dictionary.com
  13. Red Flag (USAF), Red Flag (album), Red Flag (auto), Red Flag (automobile), Red Flag (band), Red Flag (magazine), Red Flag (newspaper), Red Flag (song), Red flag (disambiguation), Red flag (idiom), Red flag (politics), Red flag (racing), Red flag (signal), Red flag, The Red Flag (song), The Red Flag, The red flag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. red flag: Rhymezone
  15. Red Flag: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. red flag: FreeDictionary.org
  17. red flag: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. red flag: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Red Flag: Investopedia
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The red flag, red flag: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The red flag, red flag: Medical dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Red flag: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See red_flags as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (red flag)

noun:  (literally) A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies.
noun:  (motor racing) Used as a signal that the race must be stopped immediately (and possibly restarted).
noun:  (informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.
noun:  (idiomatic, US) Something that will enrage a particular person; a red rag.
noun:  (rail transport, UK) A flag formerly used by a railway guard to warn the driver not to start the train.

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