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hugs and kisses

idiom
Meaning

An informal way to end a letter, email etc. to a loved one.


Examples
SIMPLE

She signed the card with hugs and kisses.

CONTEXTUAL

I wrote a quick note to my daughter at camp and ended it with hugs and kisses.

COMPLEX

After years of writing formal letters, he felt a strange warmth when he finally added hugs and kisses to the closing of his message.

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  1. 01

    betray with a kiss

    To betray someone in a seemingly inconspicuous or innocuous manner.

  2. 02

    blow a kiss

    To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.

  3. 03

    bunny hug

    A style of early 20th-century dance, performed to ragtime music.

  4. 04

    kiss and cry

    The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.

  5. 05

    kiss and make up

    To settle one's differences and forgive.

  6. 06

    kiss and tell

    To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature.

  7. 07

    kiss arse

    Alternative form of kiss ass, to curry favour with the powerful by obsequious flattery.

  8. 08

    kiss ass

    to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

Last updated April 17, 2026