send out
Idioms-
Issue or dispatch, as in We sent out the wedding invitations last month , or When did you send out that message? [c. 1400]
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send out for . Order a delivery of something, as in Every Wednesday we send out for Chinese food .
Example Sentences
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Consider the seemingly simple task called “breakpack”—removing items from cardboard boxes to send out individually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
His comments mirror remarks made on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, where he stated that he had called to "not send out the diesel."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I’ve said let’s not send out the diesel.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
This scheme may not yet be in effect, but it leaves many states in a sort of limbo, including some that are meant to send out ballots as soon as this week.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
He would be careful to send out flank security, to prevent straggling or bunching up, to keep his troops moving at the proper pace and at the proper interval.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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