"wave away" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wave away.ogg [Australia] Forms: waves away [present, singular, third-person], waving away [participle, present], waved away [participle, past], waved away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wave away (third-person singular simple present waves away, present participle waving away, simple past and past participle waved away)
  1. (idiomatic) to reject or dismiss with a hand gesture Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wave_away-en-verb-1rEmw2Bg
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) to brush aside or sweep under the rug Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wave_away-en-verb-V2NJhZ~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 18 82

Inflected forms

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