send-off

[ send-awf, -of ]

/ ˈsɛndˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

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.

a start given to a person or thing.

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Origin of send-off

1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase send off

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How to use send-off in a sentence

In the end, it was just what we signed up for: a big, splashy British sendoff that will put us into instant Olympic withdrawal.
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Unlike other students, however, she got a sendoff from the commander in chief.
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It was a far cry from the sendoff for Gen. Colin Powell in a 1993 ceremony that drew two presidents and the defense Secretary.
Did the White House Snub Petraeus?|John Barry|September 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Not exactly a rousing sendoff for young men and women off to fight and perhaps die.
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A man who was branded Wacko Jacko turned out to get the biggest sendoff we will probably ever see.
The Greatest Showman on Earth|Pat O'Brien|July 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Whit like a sendoff did yer wuman gie ye, Sandy, when ye left for France?
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The deceased has had a fine funeral and a good sendoff, and now to business.
Seventy Years on the Frontier|Alexander Majors

British Dictionary definitions for send-off

sendoff

/ (ˈsɛndˌɒf) /

noun informal

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

verb send off (tr, adverb)

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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with send-off

send off

see send away, def. 1.