Verb
signal to stop
Source: WordNetThe headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising. David Ogilvy
Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain Source: Internet
The policeman flagged down our car Source: Internet
His attitude was that if you took your flag down the Japanese would not know one boat from another, so he tied up at the dock, went ashore and wandered around by himself for three days." Source: Internet
“He was hit multiple times and ran off in an easterly direction attempting to flag down vehicles. Source: Internet
During my parent’s time with no airport, emergency cases had to try to flag down fishing boats and go to Samoa or Rarotonga—wherever the boat would go. Source: Internet