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wave away
wave someone or something away (from someone or something)
to make a signal with the hand for someone or something to move away from someone or something. The officer waved us away from the intersection where we were about to turn left. The guard waved away the traffic from the intersection.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hamlet | | HAM-lət (English) | Literature, Armenian |
| Thoma | | - | Old Church Slavic |
| Ciar | | KEER, KEE-ar | Irish |
| Jervis | | - | English (Rare) |
| Berry (2) | | BER-ee | English (Rare) |
| Made | | - | Indonesian, Balinese |