"good-by" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} good-by
  1. Dated form of goodbye. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: goodbye
    Sense id: en-good-by-en-intj-62qEQHfo

Noun

Forms: good-bys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} good-by (plural good-bys)
  1. Dated form of goodbye. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: goodbye
    Sense id: en-good-by-en-noun-62qEQHfo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Inflected forms

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