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WAVE-OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wave-off mean?
• WAVE-OFF (noun)
The noun WAVE-OFF has 1 sense:
1. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
Familiarity information: WAVE-OFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
go-around; overshoot; wave-off
Hypernyms ("wave-off" is a kind of...):
landing approach (the approach to a landing field by an airplane)
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