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Nail One's Colours to the Mast(To). To refuse to surrender. When the colours are nailed to the mast they cannot be lowered in proof of submission. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Nail One's Colours to the Mast(To). To refuse to surrender. When the colours are nailed to the mast they cannot be lowered in proof of submission. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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