see off

Definitions

1. To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
2. To defeat; to get rid of.
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Equivalents

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العربيةرافقودع

Azərbaycan diliyola salmaq

Беларускаяправе́сціправо́дзіць

Bosanskiispratitiпровестипроводити

Hrvatskiispratitiпровестипроводити

Հայերենճանապարհել

Italianoaccompagnare

日本語歓送する見送る送る

한국어바래다배웅하다환송하다

Latviešuaizvadīt

Монголүдэх

Nederlandsuitlatenuitwuiven

Polskiodprowadzaćodprowadzić

Русскийпроводитьпровожать

Српскиispratitiпровестипроводити

ไทยส่ง

Українськапровадитипровестипроводити

Tiếng Việttiễn biệt

Examples

“Many friends came to see⟳ me off.”

“We saw⟳ off a close⟳ friend at the airport.”

“During the interval my friend, who was seeing me off, observing a wheel-tapper at his work⟳, and having the incredulity which decides that there can be no practical outcome of this mysterious operation, asked me what did happen⟳ if the wheel-tapper discovered anything amiss.”

“A salesman came to my door, but the dogs soon saw⟳ him off.”

“Jon Walters and Rory Delap scored late goals as Stoke continued their unbeaten home start⟳ by seeing off Fulham with a dominant second-half display.”

“Only four units (455704/726/736/740) are yet scrapped, but the new Class 701s will soon see⟳ them all off.”

“You Keep⟳ Fucking Me is one of the highlights of a new exhibition of her paintings, all of them created since her diagnosis with a cancer that should, by rights, have⟳ seen her off.”

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