goodbye

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Kiss your cash goodbye, kiss your wife goodbye, kiss your house goodbye, kiss your car goodbye -- I'm takin 'it all. "

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  1. interjection Used to express an acknowledgment of parting.
  2. noun An acknowledgment at parting, especially by saying "goodbye.”
  3. noun An act of parting or leave-taking: many sad goodbyes.
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  • Well--goodbye, Lila Goodbye, Dido," she said A lil' kiss, huh, Lila?" —  171 - The Monkey Suit
  • I wrote "goodbye," which, of course, derives from "God be with you," though I didn't mean to introduce a religious thought.
  • And while the party was a goodbye, the people behind —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Andy came up to say goodbye -- his time had run out and, although his departure was announced days in advance, we were sorry to see him go.
  • He asked me to tell the kids goodbye, and it just made me so sad that I wasn't able to see him off, or that he wasn't able to see the kids one last time before he went.
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  1. Alteration (influenced by good day) of God be with you.
 

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