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beckon
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Where She Went
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- Like it's the most normal thing in the world for me to be at her concert and for her to have beckoned me into her sanctum.†
p. 53.9 *beckoned = called -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
- She beckons me over to one of the empty benches.†
p. 161.6beckons = calls -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
- It's reaching out of the earbuds and beckoning me.†
p. 201.9beckoning = calling -- typically to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod
Definitions:
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(1)
(beckon) to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, beckon can be a gesture that points in a direction.