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kiss goodbye

kiss goodbye verb: to kiss prior to departing.

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.
    • Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone1965, Tom T. Hall, “Hello Vietnam”, in Hello Vietnam, performed by Johnnie Wright
  2. (figuratively) To lose something painfully, especially something valuable.
    • Since you didn't do your chores, you can kiss your video game privileges goodbye.
    • Heathrow Express's contract with Great Western Railway runs out in June 2028, soon after the establishment of Great British Railways, and that would be an opportune moment to kiss it goodbye.2026 July 22, Christian Wolmar, “Heathrow no longer needs its express”, in RAIL, number 1066, page 38

Forms of kiss goodbye

third-person singular presentkisses goodbye
present participlekissing goodbye
past participlekissed goodbye
pastkissed goodbye

Words formed from kiss goodbye

Questions about kiss goodbye

What does kiss goodbye mean?
Kiss goodbye means to kiss prior to departing.
What part of speech is kiss goodbye?
Kiss goodbye is a verb.
What is the past tense of kiss goodbye?
The past tense of kiss goodbye is kissed goodbye.

Words near kiss goodbye in the dictionary

  1. kiss cams
  2. kiss chase
  3. kiss chasey
  4. kiss curl
  5. kiss curls
  6. kiss goodbye
  7. kiss hands
  8. kiss in the ring
  9. kiss me
  10. kiss my arse
  11. kiss my ass

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