see off
To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
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Arsenal see off Atlético Madrid and feel gnawing fear of failure start to fall away The newly found belief Mikel Arteta’s side have shown has now carried them into the Champions League final - @jonawils.bsky.social…
Better do it before sentient AI brings nanotechnology to see off us.
Can we bring nanotechnology back to see off AI?
Proud to see off members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association as they head to Beacon Hill for their Day of Action. Nurses show up for us every single day—it's time we show up for them.
OTD: GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP 2007 Tigers 26 (Ellis 1t, G Murphy 1t, Goode 2c 4p) Bristol 14 Semi-final Welford Road, 5 May Having lost to Bristol two weeks earlier, there would be no such problem in this knockout ga…
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To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.
Many friends came to see me off.
“Arsenal see off Atlético Madrid and feel gnawing fear of failure start to fall away The newly found belief Mikel Arteta’s side have shown has now carried them into the Champions League final - @jonawils.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Better do it before sentient AI brings nanotechnology to see off us.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can we bring nanotechnology back to see off AI?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Proud to see off members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association as they head to Beacon Hill for their Day of Action. Nurses show up for us every single day—it's time we show up for them.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British) To defeat; to get rid of.
“OTD: GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP 2007 Tigers 26 (Ellis 1t, G Murphy 1t, Goode 2c 4p) Bristol 14 Semi-final Welford Road, 5 May Having lost to Bristol two weeks earlier, there would be no such problem in this knockout game. Tigers head to Twickenham to see off Gloucester.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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