see off

phrasal 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

Rookie punter Jeremy Crawshaw shanked his first four punts, and delivered one of the worst boots anyone will ever see off the side of his foot. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025

There, Fonseca thumped 29 winners to see off Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final, while his average forehand speed was clocked at 81 miles per hour. —George Ramsay, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025

Kansas City will see off-and-on rain and cooler-than-usual weather this weekend as a sluggish storm system moves through the region, according to the National Weather Service. —Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025

Only three have ever been seen off-center. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for see off

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