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What is an action (in one word) that makes you say "goodbye"?

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00:00 What Is An Action (In One Word) That Makes You Say &Quot;Goodbye&Quot;?
00:23 Accepted Answer Score 53
00:43 Answer 2 Score 9
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 53


The verb you are looking for is part

to go apart from or leave one another, as persons

[Dictionary.com, sense 23.]

In your case,

When you part with someone, you say goodbye.




ANSWER 2

Score 9


The verb leave could also work:

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  • a : to go away from : depart (leave the room)
  • b : desert, abandon (left his wife)
  • c : to terminate association with : withdraw from (left school before graduation)

When you leave someone, you say goodbye.