to kiss goodbye

Examples

• All

• If tax money subsidies to private health insurance companies and no public option become law, then you can kiss goodbye for the next 1 or 2 generations any possibility of a public option.

  Blog text (32)

• ♪ I wish I could say no regrets, no emotional debts ♪ But as we kiss goodbye, the sun sets

  Back to Black (2024)

• Know what else you can kiss goodbye?

  Norm of the North (2016)

• You can kiss goodbye on seeing her again.

  An Egypt Affair (2023)

• "I turn away to ease his discomfort as they kiss goodbye."

  Fiction book (2002)

• We hugged and kissed goodbye, again and again.

  Genocide (1982)

• On his way out, they kissed goodbye again at the door, Margarita still naked, waiting and holding it open for him.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Nokia can kiss goodbye to all of their services as there's no place for those next to Google's crap.

  Blog text (2)

• After losing the final match, the coach told the team they should kiss goodbye to their championship dreams.

• When she decided to move away for a new job, she had to kiss goodbye to her old friends and familiar life.

Synonyms

S

to say goodbye

vsto kiss goodbye

562 1.0

To tell someone you are leaving and wish them well

means accepting loss or letting something go with regret

W

to wave goodbye

vsto kiss goodbye

19 1.3

Move your hand back and forth to show you are saying goodbye

refers to accepting loss emotionally rather than making a parting gesture

S

to say farewell

vsto kiss goodbye

• Formal

12 3.8

To tell someone goodbye before you leave, often in a formal or sad way

means accepting loss rather than offering formal parting words

S

to say hooroo

vsto kiss goodbye

• Australian

9.9

To say goodbye to someone in a friendly, informal way

highlights acceptance and letting go rather than casual regional parting

Antonyms

C

to cling to

111 3.3

To hold tightly to something or keep believing something strongly in hard times

H

to hold on

72 1.6

To keep something instead of selling or giving it away

How Resigned

to write off

23 4.8

to kiss goodbye

• Informal

2 5.0

to accept

∞ 3.5

to come to terms

83 4.1

to hold on

173 3.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology