send-off

send-off
/send"awf', -of'/, n.
1. a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
2. a start given to a person or thing.
[1855-60, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase send off]

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