send-off

[ send-awf, -of ]

/ ˈsɛndˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.

a start given to a person or thing.

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Origin of send-off

1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase send off

Words nearby send-off

sender, Sendero Luminoso, send flying, send for, send in, send-off, send on, send out, send round, send someone about his or her business, send someone packing

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Example sentences from the Web for send-off

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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And as a bonus, they send home more than $20 billion in remittances each year.
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If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
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Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.
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Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
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With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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Messa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.
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But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
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British Dictionary definitions for send-off

sendoff

/ (ˈsɛndˌɒf) /

noun informal

a demonstration of good wishes to a person about to set off on a journey, new career, etc

a start, esp an auspicious one, to a venture

verb send off (tr, adverb)

to cause to depart; despatch

sport (of the referee) to dismiss (a player) from the field of play for some offence

informal to give a sendoff to

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Idioms and Phrases with send-off

send off

see send away, def. 1.

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