kiss off

See also: kissoff and kiss-off

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kiss off (third-person singular simple present kisses off, present participle kissing off, simple past and past participle kissed off)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.

   My girlfriend came to kiss me off at the airport.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) to dismiss casually; to sidetrack or shut down (someone); to reject or spurn.
3. (intransitive, euphemistic, usually imperative) to leave; get lost, beat it
   • 1990 December 16, Laura Briggs, quoting anonymous poster, “Gay Students Fight 'Little War' At Mass. School”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 3:

     We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, Get used to it. If you don't like it, kiss off.