Definition of "flagpole"

flagpole

/ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/

noun
plural flagpoles
1. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
verb
third-person singular simple present flagpoles, present participle flagpoling, simple past and past participle flagpoled
1. (Canada, rare) To exit a country momentarily and reenter, usually in order to satisfy immigration requirements.
  Quotations
  I understand immigrating to Canada is getting harder and harder. [The difficulty of navigating bureaucracy] might be a way to let people fall between the cracks. I really don't know. The hoops immigrants have to go through, such as flagpoling. And I don't have any political representatives. I didn't vote.
  2016, Beyhan Farhadi, “Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity”, in Jay Pitter, John Lorinc, editors, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity