go bye-bye
Baby's farewell phrase
Go bye-bye is baby talk for leaving or departing, used when speaking to small children: Time to go bye-bye!
Adults use it playfully or sarcastically to mean something has disappeared or been eliminated: My savings went bye-bye after that vacation.
The reduplication mimics how caregivers simplify language for toddlers.
- go awayCommand to leave
- wave goodbyeGesture signaling departure
- bug offDismissive departure command
- take a hikeDismissive command to leave
- go offErupt or depart
go · hit the road · bid adieu · see ya later · peace out · dematerialize · make an exit · vacate · dissipate · slip away · vanish · night-night · kiss goodbye · dissolve · evaporate · terminate · abandon · conclude
register/vocabulary type
go bye-byedepart
Leave a place
leave · exit · take one's leave · withdraw · abscond
existence/permanence
go bye-byecome into being
Begin to exist
appear · materialize · emerge · come back to life · be born