- the lights on a car when they are pointing down at the road, not a long way ahead
- Use your low beams for city driving.
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See low beams in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryon low beam
- (of the lights on a car) pointing down at the road, not a long way ahead
- Always have your lights on low beam when another car is coming toward you.
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