flag down

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Verb

flag down (third-person singular simple present flags down, present participle flagging down, simple past and past participle flagged down)

(transitive, idiomatic) Use a flag or similar kind of signal to get someone's attention.
If you want a taxi in Central London, you'll have to stand in the road and flag one down.

Translations

use a signal to get someone's attention

Chinese: 拦 (zh) (lán)
French: se manifester (fr)

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