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Initially coming in, also out — 'hi' or 'bye'! (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ciao

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'bye' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'initially coming in also out' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'coming in also out' is 'CIAO'.

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(Other definitions for ciao that I've seen before include "Italian's so long" , "Hello and goodbye to the Italians" , "Italian greeting at meeting or parting" , "Italian salutation" , "European's greeting" .)

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