kiss goodbye

verb

To kiss prior to departing.

“Since you didn't do your chores, you can kiss your video game privileges goodbye.”

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Meanings

verbkiss goodbye (third-person singular simple present kisses goodbye, present participle kissing goodbye, simple past and past participle kissed goodbye)

present singular third person kisses goodbye · participle present kissing goodbye · participle past kissed goodbye · past kissed goodbye

  1. To kiss prior to departing.

    Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone

    1965, Tom T. Hall, “Hello Vietnam”, in Hello Vietnam, performed by Johnnie Wright
  2. figurativelyTo lose something painfully, especially something valuable.

    Since you didn't do your chores, you can kiss your video game privileges goodbye.

    1 more example

    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

Translations

Finnish heittää hyvästit
  • heittää hyvästitTranslations
French faire une croix sur, dire au revoir
  • faire une croix surTranslations
  • dire au revoirTranslations
  • dire adieuTranslations
Polish pożegnać się z
  • pożegnać się zTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

kiss goodbye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20goodbye

MLA

“kiss goodbye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20goodbye. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kiss goodbye,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kiss%20goodbye.

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