kiss someone or something off

kiss someone or something off
kiss someone or something off
Fig. to dismiss someone or something lightly; to abandon or write off someone or something. •

I kissed off about $200 on that last deal.

They kissed me off and that was the end of that job.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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