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.
2. (figuratively) To give something up reluctantly.

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

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: heittää hyvästit
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: faire une croix sur (fr), dire au revoir (fr), dire adieu (fr)

Derived terms

• kiss one's ass goodbye