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wave down

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wave down
vb
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr, adverb) to signal with a wave to (a driver or vehicle) to stop
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vt sep → anhalten, stoppen
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THE letters about knife crime prompted me to write about my son-in-law, who was coming home from a night out and trying to wave down a taxi when he was jumped by a guy with a knife.
Letter: Your view - Knife terror by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The horrified teenager got out and stood by the body while her boyfriend Ed Olding, 21, tried to wave down motorists for help.
Motorists swerve by dead body by The Mirror (London, England)
Dublin High Court Judge John Edwards found earlier this month David Flood had acted in a bizarre and reckless way by standing in the middle of the road to wave down the Dublin Bus in the early hours of June 17, 2005.
EUR440K FOR MAN INJURED BY BUS by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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