to deal successfully with someone or something, especially by defeating them easily
to go somewhere such as a station or airport with someone in order to say goodbye to them
to make someone go away or leave a place, especially by chasing them
Anne saw Terry off at the station.
He'd see off a few of your chaps, too, before they got to him.
Richard looked east, as if he could see off into the black of night beyond the dim circle of lantern light.
The England team saw off a tired-looking Poland 3–1.
The dogs will soon see off any burglars.
`I mean,' he added more politely, `perhaps we should see off Anatollatia first.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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