see off

verb

saw off; seen off; seeing off; sees off

1

: to go to an airport, train station, etc., with (someone who is leaving) in order to say goodbye

She saw her son off at the train station.

2

British : to chase or force (someone) away from a place

The police finally saw them off.

3

British : to defeat or stop (an enemy, opponent, etc.)

They saw off the opposition.

Examples of see off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fishermen recorded a hammerhead shark off the Malibu Pier last month; and another was seen off Laguna Beach this month, the Orange County Register reported. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

According to the study, one of the whales was seen off the coast of Bahia in Brazil before being sighted 22 years later at a breeding ground in Hervey Bay, Australia, about 9,383 miles away. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Take him out of the equation, and this ends up being a fairly comfortable win for Russell without a serious challenge, seeing off the initial charge by Verstappen. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

For decades, the airport security checkpoint has marked the end of the road for friends and relatives seeing off a traveler. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for see off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff