FLAG DOWN Definition & Meaning

View synonyms for

flag down

Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Signal to stop, as in The police were flagging down all cars . This expression uses the verb flag in the sense of “catch the attention of, as by waving a flag,” a usage dating from the mid-1800s; down was added in the first half of the 1900s.

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Now the 41-year-old is flagging down cars and posting videos on social media to stop as many drivers from entering the land as possible.

From

Prosper later flagged down a police car on nearby Bramingham Road after trying to hide the gun in some bushes, giving up on his deadly plans.

From

Prosper flagged down a police car on nearby Bramingham Road after trying to hide the gun in some bushes, giving up on his deadly plans.

From

Dripping wet, I ran up to the road, flagged down a car and asked the driver to call 999.

From

Then, concealing the short barrelled weapon under his army coat, he flagged down the payroll Land Rover and asked for a lift back to the barracks.

From

Related 51�Թ�s

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Browse