wave off

Meaning

1. wave sb off

   to wave goodbye to sb as they are leaving

In the movies · 6

• 4-6, wave off! Wave off!Zero Dark Thirty2012
• But the ref is waving it off.The Longest Yard2005
• What, you're not gonna come out and wave me off?National Theatre Live: Vanya2024
• and when one wave comes off that lunch counter, what follows?The Butler2013
• -He just needs somebody to wave him off. -Pull up, Neil !Apollo 131995
• - There was no time on the clock. - Come on. You were waving him off.Uncut Gems2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Uncut Gems2019
  • Collectors Come to Howard's Showroom
  • Howard and Dinah Fight Then Make Up
  • Kevin Garnett Shops for Jewelry

From the same entry

• make waves
• the crest of a wave
• ride a wave of
• like waving a red flag in front of a bull
• fly the flag
• wave aside
• wave down