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)

  1. (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.

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