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flag down

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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.
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Workers in the Valencia Industrial Center can flag down the trolley every 15 or 20 minutes from 10:30a.
It folds down smaller than a pack of cards, it is waterproof, it reflects your body's heat back to you so it makes an emergency sleeping bag, and it reflects light--in case you need to flag down a plane, person, etc.
O'Neal aided in the arrest of the accused gay bashers by following them until he could flag down a Miami Beach officer.
 
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