see sb off
— phrasal verb with see uk/siː/us/siː/verb present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen
(SAY GOODBYE)
B2 to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them:
My parents saw me off at the airport.
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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bring sb/sth along
- chaperone
- come
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drop
- guide
- lead 1
- refer sb to sth/sb
- shepherd
- show sb around (sth)
- show sb over sth
- show sb round (sth)
- steer
- usherette
- walk
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(GET RID OF)
UK to send away someone who is attacking you or who is not wanted, usually forcefully:
The caretaker ran out and saw off the boys who had been damaging the fence.
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Responding to an attack
- beat
- beat sb off
- beat sb/sth back
- capitulate
- counterattack
- fend sb off
- fight
- fight back
- fight fire with fire idiom
- parry
- pull (sb/sth) out
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- resistance
- resistance
- retreat
- stand up to sb/sth
- strike
- withdrawal
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