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sendoff

/ ˈsɛndˌɒf /

noun

a demonstration of good wishes to a person about to set off on a journey, new career, etc
a start, esp an auspicious one, to a venture

to cause to depart; despatch
sport (of the referee) to dismiss (a player) from the field of play for some offence
informal.
to give a sendoff to

In the end, it was just what we signed up for: a big, splashy British sendoff that will put us into instant Olympic withdrawal.

Unlike other students, however, she got a sendoff from the commander in chief.

It was a far cry from the sendoff for Gen. Colin Powell in a 1993 ceremony that drew two presidents and the defense Secretary.

Not exactly a rousing sendoff for young men and women off to fight and perhaps die.

A man who was branded Wacko Jacko turned out to get the biggest sendoff we will probably ever see.

Whit like a sendoff did yer wuman gie ye, Sandy, when ye left for France?

The deceased has had a fine funeral and a good sendoff, and now to business.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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