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flag down — (someone/something) to signal someone or something to stop by waving. A police officer flagged us down to check our vehicle registration and date of inspection … New idioms dictionary
flag down — verb signal to stop Let s flag down a cab it s starting to rain The policeman flagged down our car • Hypernyms: ↑stop • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * f … Useful english dictionary
flag down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms flag down : present tense I/you/we/they flag down he/she/it flags down present participle flagging down past tense flagged down past participle flagged down to wave at the driver of a car so that they stop… … English dictionary
flag down — PHRASAL VERB If you flag down a vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to stop. [V P n (not pron)] They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them... [V n P] Marlette was already out of the door,… … English dictionary
flag down — phr verb Flag down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cab, ↑taxi … Collocations dictionary
flag down someone — flag down (someone/something) to signal someone or something to stop by waving. A police officer flagged us down to check our vehicle registration and date of inspection … New idioms dictionary
flag down something — flag down (someone/something) to signal someone or something to stop by waving. A police officer flagged us down to check our vehicle registration and date of inspection … New idioms dictionary
flag down — {v.}, {informal} To stop by waving a signal flag or as if waving a signal flag. * /The signalman flagged down the freight train./ * /A policeman flagged down the car with his flashlight./ … Dictionary of American idioms
flag down — {v.}, {informal} To stop by waving a signal flag or as if waving a signal flag. * /The signalman flagged down the freight train./ * /A policeman flagged down the car with his flashlight./ … Dictionary of American idioms
flag\ down — v informal To stop by waving a signal flag or as if waving a signal flag. The signalman flagged down the freight train. A policeman flagged down the car with his flashlight … Словарь американских идиом
