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Discover Ludwig"wave away" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the idea of using a hand gesture to indicate dismissal or a lack of interest. For example, "Angela waved away my apology, indicating she had no interest in hearing it."
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wave away
verb
To reject or dismiss with a hand gesture.
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But Bush attempted to wave away those findings yesterday.
The steam and the bubbles and the stirring – together they seem to wave away winter blues.
He scrunched up his face as if to wave away the suggestion.
One of them gestures as if to wave away a nearby protester filming the incident.
"They were always one wave away from having a sash on".
On respondent said that managers wave away such language by stating that "it is only banter".
The diplomats in Bonn may be tempted to wave away these concerns.
That one was easy to wave away: The guy was accused of sexually accosting underage girls!
Spectators are equipped with fans to fight heat and wave away mosquitoes.
Mapes insists they are real, which Alter attempts to wave away as "almost beside the point".
The West Indies number five prodded disdainfully, as a man might wave away a sleepy wasp.
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