goodbye

goodbye
good·bye, (Am a.) good·by interj [gʊ(d)ʼbaɪ]
1) (bid adieu) auf Wiedersehen;
see you tomorrow, \goodbye! auf Wiedersehen, bis morgen!;
to kiss sb \goodbye jdm einen Abschiedskuss geben;
to say \goodbye [to sb] [jdm] auf Wiedersehen sagen, sich akk [von jdm] verabschieden;
to wave \goodbye zum Abschied winken
2) (fam: said to indicate loss)
[to say] \goodbye to sth sich akk von etw dat verabschieden;
it's cloudy and rainy - I guess we can say \goodbye to the day at the beach es ist bewölkt und regnerisch - ich glaube wir können unseren Tag am Strand abschreiben;
to kiss sth \goodbye etw abschreiben (fam) n [gʊdʼbaɪ] Abschied m, Lebewohl nt;
they said a tearful \goodbye sie verabschiedeten sich unter Tränen

English-German students dictionary . 2013.

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