wave someone/something down

wave someone/something down
FLAG DOWN, hail, stop, summon, call, accost.
wave

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use one's hand to give a signal to stop to a driver or vehicle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • wave — 1 /weIv/ noun 1 ON THE SEA (C) a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea: Dee watched the waves breaking on the rocks. 2 OF YOUR HAND (countable usually singular) a movement of your hand or arm from side to side 3 OF… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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