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

If all the ice melted, sea levels would rise by more than 7 meters, seeing off major cities and some entire countries. —Lara Williams, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026

Alexis Mac Allister also superbly headed in a ball from Szoboszlai to help see off Real Madrid 1-0 in November. —Gregg Evans, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026

Marshall sees off-channel as a means to reduce the impact of the industry’s intentional overproduction. —Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026

Anderson said that shift, instead of the usual cold and dry weather patterns that move down from the Gulf of Alaska, helped Southern California especially see off-the-charts rain totals. —Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for see off

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