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see someone off1Accompany a person who is leaving to their point of departure: they came to the station to see him off...- The Professor sees her off at the station early the next morning.
- He went to the airport to personally receive me on arrival and also see me off on my departure.
- Karina and I both thought of seeing Gillis off at the station since he was going home to Sydney that night.
2British Repel an invader or intruder: the dogs saw them off in no time...- They knew we were watching them, waiting for the raid; we knew we were there, and it was just a matter of not backing down, and seeing them off.
- She was frustrated because a large ginger cat was parading itself on the patio in the full knowledge that she could not get out to see him off.
2.1 informal Deal with the threat posed by: they saw off Cambridge in the FA Cup...- Although this must rank as one of the most feeble Welsh sides ever to cross the Severn, Scotland had enough to see them off in the end.
- Footballers aren't known as tennis players, and I was pretty certain I'd be good enough to see them off.
- It proved enough to eventually see Scotland off without undue complications.
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