"kiss goodbye" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: kisses goodbye [present, singular, third-person], kissing goodbye [participle, present], kissed goodbye [participle, past], kissed goodbye [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kiss goodbye (third-person singular simple present kisses goodbye, present participle kissing goodbye, simple past and past participle kissed goodbye)
  1. To kiss prior to departing. Derived forms: kiss one's ass goodbye Translations (Translations): heittää hyvästit (Finnish), faire une croix sur (French), dire au revoir (French), dire adieu (French)
    Sense id: en-kiss_goodbye-en-verb-HQdBESvk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) To lose something painfully, especially something valuable. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-kiss_goodbye-en-verb-kvl2AnK~

Inflected forms

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