go bye-bye

bye-bye

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [interjection bahy-bahy; noun, adverb bahy-bahy]
- /interjection ˈbaɪˈbaɪ; noun, adverb ˈbaɪˌbaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [interjection bahy-bahy; noun, adverb bahy-bahy]
- /interjection ˈbaɪˈbaɪ; noun, adverb ˈbaɪˌbaɪ/

Definitions of go bye-bye words

noun go bye-bye Baby Talk. sleep. 1
idioms go bye-bye go bye-bye, Baby Talk. to leave; depart; go out. to go to sleep; go to bed. 1
noun go bye-bye to depart; leave 0
verb go bye-bye (childish) to leave; to be or go away. 0

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Origin of go bye-bye

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

1700-10; apparently orig. nursery phrase used to lull a child to sleep, later construed as reduplicative form of bye, short for goodbye

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Parts of speech for Go bye-bye

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Go bye-bye

go bye-bye popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.