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send in

Idioms  
  1. Cause to be dispatched or delivered, as in Let's send in a letter of protest to the hiring committee . [Early 1700s]

  2. Cause someone to become involved in a particular undertaking, as in This disagreement is serious; it's time to send in the lawyers , or In the final few minutes the coach sent in Richard on right wing . [Mid-1800s]


Example Sentences

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The public will be able to report suspected pink daffodils to the RHS by sending in photographs, which will be sent to expert botanists to examine.

From BBC

The U.S. has been bolstering its defenses in the region, sending in more equipment and interceptors, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anthropic’s researchers didn’t send in everything that Claude unearthed, focusing only on examples that were reproducible, something that made it much easier for Mozilla’s team to confirm the bugs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parents send in stool samples and the companies return detailed analyses of the types and prevalence of various microbes found.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elisha began interrupting Maggie while in session, sending in notes, “Come out for a moment from those coarse people … Surely you can rest a minute! Come dearest fluttering bird! Come!”

From Literature