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kiss off

kiss off verb: to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.

Verb

kiss off (third-person singular simple present kisses off, present participle kissing off, simple past and past participle kissed off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.
    • My girlfriend came to kiss me off at the airport.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to dismiss casually; to sidetrack or shut down (someone); to reject or spurn.
  3. (euphemistic, imperative, intransitive, usually) to leave; get lost, beat it
    • We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, Get used to it. If you don't like it, kiss off.1990 December 16, Laura Briggs, quoting anonymous poster, “Gay Students Fight 'Little War' At Mass. School”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 3

Forms of kiss off

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

Questions about kiss off

What does kiss off mean?
Kiss off means to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.
What part of speech is kiss off?
Kiss off is a verb.
What is the past tense of kiss off?
The past tense of kiss off is kissed off.

Words near kiss off in the dictionary

  1. kiss my balls
  2. kiss of charity
  3. kiss of death
  4. kiss of life
  5. kiss of peace
  6. kiss off
  7. kiss one's ass goodbye
  8. kiss one's teeth
  9. kiss out
  10. KISS principle
  11. kiss someone on the dick

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