send out
Idioms-
Issue or dispatch, as in We sent out the wedding invitations last month , or When did you send out that message? [c. 1400]
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send out for . Order a delivery of something, as in Every Wednesday we send out for Chinese food .
Example Sentences
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"For me, that is sending out entirely the wrong message."
From BBC
And now, to fuel the war effort, the big smokestacks on those big oil refineries were sending out big black plumes of gunk — and that had to be creating the smog, right?
From Los Angeles Times
But he remembers deciding to send out one such cellphone blast alert to much of Southern California in 2017 about elevated fire conditions.
From Los Angeles Times
Officials haven’t given up, and plan to send out another round of sample ballots next year.
From Los Angeles Times
“Yes, they have experienced some underperformance over the last month, but that will have to get much worse before this group sends out a broader ‘sell’ signal.”
From Barron's
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