also good-bye
(~s)
1.
You say ‘Goodbye’ to someone when you or they are leaving, or at the end of a telephone conversation.
CONVENTION formulae
2.
When you say your ~s, you say something such as ‘Goodbye’ when you leave.
He said his ~s knowing that a long time would pass before he would see his child again...
I said a hurried ~ and walked home in the cold...
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
When you say ~ to someone, you say something such as ‘Goodbye’, ‘Bye’, or ‘See you’, when you or they are leaving. You can also wave ~ to someone.
He left without saying ~...
He wanted to say ~ to you...
They came to the front door to wave ~.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to n
4.
If you say ~ or wave ~ to something that you want or usually have, you accept that you are not going to have it.
He has probably said ~ to his last chance of Olympic gold...
We can wave ~ to the sort of protection that people at work need and deserve.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
5.
to kiss something ~: see kiss