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Kiss something goodbye

Learning English Conversations

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How to Say Goodbye to Someone You Love

Kiss something goodbye is an informal way of saying accept the loss of a thing or situation. It's often used to highlight that the person has accepted that athing or situation is gone forever. Can you also use it for people? Yes, but this would probably be more literal in the sense that you might kiss someone you love when you're saying goodbye to them. You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English.

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