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wave down

wave down verb: to cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.

Verb

wave down (third-person singular simple present waves down, present participle waving down, simple past and past participle waved down)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.

Forms of wave down

third-person singular presentwaves down
present participlewaving down
past participlewaved down
pastwaved down

Questions about wave down

What does wave down mean?
Wave down means to cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.
What part of speech is wave down?
Wave down is a verb.
What is the past tense of wave down?
The past tense of wave down is waved down.

Words near wave down in the dictionary

  1. wave away
  2. wave base
  3. wave bases
  4. wave dash
  5. wave dashes
  6. wave down
  7. wave drag
  8. wave election
  9. wave elections
  10. wave equation
  11. wave equations

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