friendly gesture

collocation in English

meaningsoffriendlyandgesture

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friendly
adjective
uk
/ˈfrend.li/us
/ˈfrend.li/
behaving in a pleasant, kind way ...
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gesture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒes.tʃər/us
/ˈdʒes.tʃɚ/
a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea ...
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(Definition offriendlyandgesturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffriendly gesture

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When presented with a reflection, females gazed into their own eyes and made friendly gestures such as lip-smacking and swaying.
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Someone has to be the first to make afriendlygesture, and in this case perhaps it is up to me.
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This was afriendlygestureand was well worth the cost.
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They would not take the abandonment of the base as afriendlygesture, but as an act of folly on our part.
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They make afriendlygesture, but we are asked to begin, not with the thin end of the wedge, but with the thick end.
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It is afriendlygesture, in his case, which puts him on a par with everyone else.
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This is afriendlygestureto help him to use up his time.
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I went to him with an amendment to add a provision making afriendlygesturetowards competition which was entirely consonant with government policy.
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I look on that as afriendlygesture.
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This is also afriendlygestureof no small value in the light of their spontaneous and unwavering support in the present grim struggle.
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We ought at least to begin by showing that we are actuated by a different spirit, and should approach them, not by epithet, but byfriendlygesture.
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I think it was afriendlygesture.
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It is a fine,friendlygesture.
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As afriendlygesture, or what?
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Trickery is ever present and expert "capoeiristas" and an attack can be disguised even as afriendlygesture.
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Women and children were making friendly gestures to the armoured cars as they arrived on the scene.
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