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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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
In the interim, clinicians were forced to send away hundreds of cancer patients, said Olivia Thompson, a nurse at the cancer center.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2020
The following offseason began with Antonio Brown demanding a trade, which would send away a wide receiver who caught more than 100 passes in each of the past six years.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019
“I had to send away to get it developed!”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018
Other times she would have to send away a particularly bothersome spirit with the threat of iron and salt, but those times were rare.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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