kiss goodbye

English

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.
   • 1965, Tom T. Hall (lyrics and music), “Hello Vietnam”, in Hello Vietnam, performed by Johnnie Wright:

     Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone

2. (figuratively) To lose something painfully, especially something valuable.

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

Derived terms

• kiss one's ass goodbye

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: heittää hyvästit
• French: faire une croix sur (fr), dire au revoir (fr), dire adieu (fr)