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Verb: see off
  1. Fend off or defeat some threat, challenge or person
    "they will have to step up a gear to see off the challenge from their great rivals, Germany"
     
  2. Attend someone's departure or the end of something
    "see off the old year and welcome in the New Year"

Derived forms: sees off, seen off, seeing off, saw off