Head Gesture To Tell Someone To Leave

Question

My question how can you describe it in a few words when you incline with your head that the person to leave without saying a word.
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Anton · Answer

Related notions are:
He waved me away and She nodded me away

Wave-away meaning
(idiomatic) To reject or dismiss with a hand gesture
Your dictionary

Nod = If you nod, you bend your head once, as a way of saying hello or goodbye
Collins Dictionary

Hence nod away is to indicate goodbye and nod in is to invite in.
Google ngram has statistics for nod them away and shows examples such as

Any time someone approached, Ophelia groaned, and Colin nodded them away.
Chasing the Heiress

Peter · Answer

I might say motion (with the head).

Direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head.
‘he motioned Dennis to a plush chair’

https://www.lexico.com/definition/motion

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