to troop the colours

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to troop the colours - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Troop \Troop\, v. t.
  
     To troop the colors or To troop the colours (Mil.),
     in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting
     essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band
     and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file
     and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the
     sovereign's birthday.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]