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see off

see off verb: to accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.

Verb

see off (third-person singular simple present sees off, present participle seeing off, simple past saw off, past participle seen off)

  1. To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
    • Many friends came to see me off.
    • We saw off a close friend at the airport.
  2. (UK) To defeat; to get rid of.
    • A salesman came to my door, but the dogs soon saw him off.
    • Jon Walters and Rory Delap scored late goals as Stoke continued their unbeaten home start by seeing off Fulham with a dominant second-half display.2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport

see off meaning in Urdu, Kannada and Arabic

see off in Urdu

رخصت کرنا

see off in Kannada

ಬೀಳ್ಕೊಡು

see off in Arabic

to accompany someone to a point of departure
وَدَّعَ waddaʕa, رَافَقَ rāfaqa

Forms of see off

third-person singular presentsees off
present participleseeing off
pastsaw off
past participleseen off

Questions about see off

What does see off mean?
See off means to accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
What is see off in Urdu?
See off in Urdu is رخصت کرنا. See See off meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is see off?
See off is a verb.
What is the past tense of see off?
The past tense of see off is saw off.

Words near see off in the dictionary

  1. see in
  2. see into
  3. see into a millstone
  4. see mui
  5. see Naples and die
  6. see off
  7. see one's breath
  8. see one's way clear to
  9. see one's way to
  10. see oneself out
  11. see out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: see off (page history and authors); see off (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); see off (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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