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Meaning of wave off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To give a wave of one's hand, or of a flag or wand, so as to signal (someone) to desist or leave.
    transitive
  2. Of an aircraft carrier landing signal officer, to signal a pilot to go around.
    transitive
  3. To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture).
    transitive
  4. Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture.

Equivalents

Deutsch abwinken

Examples

“Near-synonym: wave away”
“He waved off the approaching truck driver and restarted the apparatus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wave the bloody shirt wave the white flag wave through waved waved aside waved away

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