wave down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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She managed to escape by hiding in outback scrub for several hours before she was able to wave down two men driving a truck.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
At one point, he stepped onto a platform midway up to wave down at fans and onlookers who were taking photos.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
If you send a wave down a forked channel, it will easily split and flow through both channels at the same time.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
They wave down a man on a bicycle to offer information about the vaccines, then cross the street to help a homeless man seated outside the post office sign up for a shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
We run deeper into the wood, until the ground rolls like a gentle wave down into a little valley, where there’s a green glade cut cleanly in half by a diamond-bright stream.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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