fare thee well

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Meaning · English

A formal way to say goodbye

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

một cách正式 nói tạm biệt

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Literally: go with you
Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

The crowd shouted fare thee well as the ship set sail

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “fare thee well” mean?

A formal way to say goodbye Literally: go with you

Is “fare thee well” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.