big send-off

big send-off
*a big send-off
a happy celebration before departing. (*Typically: get \big send-off; have \big send-off; give someone \big send-off.) •

I had a wonderful send-off before I left.

John got a fine sendoff as he left for Europe.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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