say goodbye
Verb
Meaning
(literal sense) To wish someone farewell upon their leaving.
(idiomatic) To separate from someone or something.
Say goodbye to long waits at the airport with our new preboarding service.
If we can't agree on whether to have children, maybe it's time to say goodbye.
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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.
I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.
And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.
Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they better prepare themselves to say goodbye to some of their friends.
When the child is weaned, they say goodbye to the nurse.