"wave goodbye" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: waves goodbye [present, singular, third-person], waving goodbye [participle, present], waved goodbye [participle, past], waved goodbye [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wave goodbye (third-person singular simple present waves goodbye, present participle waving goodbye, simple past and past participle waved goodbye)
  1. (idiomatic) To say goodbye by means of a handwave. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wave_goodbye-en-verb-AOgRAB1V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (figurative) Synonym of say goodbye (“cease to have, or have to do, something”) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: say goodbye [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-wave_goodbye-en-verb-kbPSZU0G

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