send for

1. Summon someone, request that someone come, as in She sent for all the children when their father lay dying . [Late 1500s]

2. Order a delivery of something, as in The king sent for a bottle of wine . Also see send away , def. 2; send out , def. 2.

Example Sentences

Islamabad has not said who it is sending for the talks.

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He needs to send for the sports psychologists.

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McCutchen said teams get a verdict on the calls they send for review.

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From a childhood marked by "kindness and energy" to becoming a wife and mother with a greeting card to send for every occasion and a phone call home every night at 21:00.

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A son of segregation, Charlie Robinson came to California first, sending for his family members, who traveled across the country by train in the early 1960s after he hired on as a truck driver.

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