sendoff
noun
1.
a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
2.
a start given to a person or thing.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase send off
1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase send off
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| —n | |
| 1. | a demonstration of good wishes to a person about to set off on a journey, new career, etc |
| 2. | a start, esp an auspicious one, to a venture |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to cause to depart; despatch |
| 4. | sport (of the referee) to dismiss (a player) from the field of play for some offence |
| 5. | informal to give a sendoff to |
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