send away
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Also, send off.
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Dispatch someone or something, as in We send the children away to camp every summer , or I sent off that letter last week . The first term dates from the first half of the 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s.
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Order an item, as in I sent away for those gloves last month but they haven't arrived yet . Also see send for , def. 2.
Example Sentences
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Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Please don’t send away your good, young players again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
And rather than embracing a youth movement, they’ll send away an unhappy 24-year-old for picks they’ll probably never use efficiently anyway.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
A promotional offer aimed at collectors of “Star Wars” toys allowed them to send away for a Boba Fett action figure before he appeared in the movies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
"Lord Baelish has the truth of it, you know. The queen will never permit you to send away her guard."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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