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kiss goodbye

ADJECTIVE
lost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absent adrift disoriented hidden invisible misplaced vanished
STRONG
disappeared forfeit forfeited gone lacking minus mislaid missed obscured strayed wandering
WEAK
astray at sea cast away down the drain fallen between cracks gone astray irrecoverable irretrievable irrevocable nowhere to be found off-course out the window unredeemed wayward without
Antonyms
STRONGEST
seen
WEAK
found
VERB
abandon
Synonyms
STRONGEST
desert discard discontinue ditch drop out dump leave pull out quit stop surrender vacate withdraw
STRONG
abdicate drop duck dust screw yield
WEAK
back out bail out bow out chicken out cop out cut loose flake out fly the coop give up the ship leg it let go opt out run out on ship out storm out take a powder take a walk throw over walk out on wash hands of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance allow begin come continue go hold keep maintain persevere remain start stay
WEAK
adopt assert cherish defend favor pursue retain support uphold
VERB
bolt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bound dart dash drop out dump escape flee jump leap rush scamper scoot skip sprint take off
STRONG
abscond ditch fly hightail hotfoot hurtle skedaddle split spring start startle
WEAK
bail out cop out cut loose cut out leave flat leave high and dry leave holding the bag leave in the lurch make a break for it make off make tracks opt out run like scared rabbit run out on step on it take flight walk out on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
face meet stay
STRONG
remain stop
WEAK
dawdle loosen wait
VERB
dissipate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deplete use up
STRONG
blow consume dump lavish misspend misuse squander waste
WEAK
be wasteful with burn up fritter away indulge oneself run through throw away trifle away
Antonyms
STRONG
build hoard save starve
WEAK
accumulate appear collect gather
VERB
eject
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banish bounce bump dump evict exclude expel force out kick out oust
STRONG
cast out debar disbar discharge displace dispossess ditch eighty-six eliminate expulse heave out reject rout sack send packing show the gate to
WEAK
do away with drive off get rid of give the boot turn out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
include take in welcome
STRONG
allow keep permit save
VERB
forsake
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disown forgo forswear jettison quit relinquish renounce repudiate set aside spurn
STRONG
abdicate desert disclaim jilt leave resign surrender yield
WEAK
cast off change one's tune drift away give up have done with leave flat leave high and dry run out on show the door take the oath throw over walk out on wash one's hands of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allow approve continue keep
STRONG
claim hold maintain
WEAK
go back rediscover return revert
VERB
immolate
Synonyms
STRONG
suffer surrender victimize yield
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assist disallow fight help refuse reject
VERB
lose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decline drop fall
STRONG
miss succumb yield
WEAK
be humbled be outdistanced be sunk be taken to cleaners be the loser be worsted come up short drop a bundle lose out suffer defeat take a beating take the count take the heat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend go up rise
WEAK
achieve confront face hold on to keep maintain meet succeed win
VERB
rid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clear eliminate eradicate liberate purge relieve unload
STRONG
abolish deliver disabuse disburden disembarrass disencumber dump eject expel exterminate extinguish extirpate fire junk release remove scrap shed unburden uproot
WEAK
give the brush heave-ho make free roust send packing shake off throw away throw out toss out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
condemn keep
STRONG
bear create hold maintain plant save sow take in
WEAK
get
VERB
sacrifice
Synonyms
STRONG
cede drop endure eschew forfeit forgo immolate lose offer renounce spare suffer surrender waive yield
WEAK
offer up part with resign oneself to
Antonyms
STRONG
continue deny disallow fight gain keep refuse reject win withhold
WEAK
hold

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To save money with the Apple Music voice plan, you have to kiss goodbye all the features I just mentioned.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021

Boss left for the evening; he blew her a kiss goodbye.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

Dump Kelly and kiss goodbye to a winning season next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

He stopped attempting to connect with me or show any physical affection apart from the standard compulsory kiss goodbye in the morning since the decline in his interest.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2019

She gives me a kiss goodbye and tells me to have fun.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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