Collocation
Please flag anything urgent.
To mark or identify something as important, requiring attention, or needing to be dealt with quickly.
Definition
'Please flag anything urgent.' is a common English collocation. To mark or identify something as important, requiring attention, or needing to be dealt with quickly.
flag + object
“The manager asked us to flag any potential issues immediately.”
Examples
- Please flag any issues that come up during the project.
- She was quick to flag the discrepancy in the financial report.
- The system will automatically flag suspicious transactions.
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- Did you flag that email for follow-up?
- It's important to flag potential risks early in the planning stage.
- They flagged several concerns about the new policy.
- The auditor flagged the missing document as a critical error.
- Don't hesitate to flag anything you don't understand.
- We need to flag this item for discussion at the next meeting.
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