send-off

/ˈsendˌɔf/ n [C]

Definition

› an occasion at which people express good wishes to someone who is leaving: Friends gave them a rousing send-off.

(Definition of send-off n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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