kiss off

verb

to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.

“My girlfriend came to kiss me off at the airport.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. idiomatictransitiveto bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.

    My girlfriend came to kiss me off at the airport.

  2. idiomatictransitiveto dismiss casually; to sidetrack or shut down (someone); to reject or spurn.
  3. euphemisticimperativeintransitiveusuallyto 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
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Chicago

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