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to flag sth/sb down [m]

Translation

parar [haciendo señas]
The injured woman flagged down a passing car
La mujer herida paró un coche que pasaba
flag
(Definition of to flag sth/sb down [m] from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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