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Definition of bye-byes noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bye-byes

noun
 
/ˈbaɪ baɪz/
 
/ˈbaɪ baɪz/
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the sound bye-bye, long used as a refrain in lullabies.
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go (to) bye-byes
  1. (British English, informal) used by small children or to small children, to mean ‘go to sleep’
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