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waved down

waved down is the simple past and past participle of wave down.

Meaning of wave down

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.

Questions about waved down

What is waved down the simple past and past participle of?
Waved down is the simple past and past participle of wave down.

Words near waved down in the dictionary

  1. wavebreaks
  2. wavecut
  3. waved
  4. waved aside
  5. waved away
  6. waved down
  7. waved goodbye
  8. waved in
  9. waved off
  10. waved the bloody shirt
  11. waved the white flag

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