see off

Meaning

1. 1

   see sb off

   to go to a station, an airport, etc. to say goodbye to sb who is starting a journey

2. 2

   see sb offBritish

   to force sb to leave a place, for example by chasing them

   The dogs saw them off in no time.

3. 3

   see sb offBritish

   to defeat sb in a game, fight, etc.

   The home team saw off the challengers by 68 points to 47.

In the movies · 23

• We've been waitin' to see you off, sir.Mary Poppins Returns2018
• Everyone on my street came out to see them offBlack Adam2022
• We did see Mark go off with that girl last nightMidsommar2019
• Did you see them going off to fight?Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• Sirius, what are you doing here? If somebody sees you... I had to see you off, didn't I?Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007
• I think I'll be off. See you tonight.A Passage to India1984
• See me off? From here?The Third Man1949
• - I needed to see you. - Come off it.A Single Man2009

Learn it in full scenes

• A Passage to India1984
  • Aziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque
  • The Bridge Party at the Club
  • Aziz Invites Them to the Marabar Caves
• The Third Man1949
  • Calloway Exposes Harry Lime
  • Martins Checks Into a Military Hotel
  • Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story

From the same entry

• for all to see
• let me see see
• see coming
• see for yourself
• see for what they are is
• seeing that
• see you
• you see
• see about
• see in
• see out
• see out