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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And rather than embracing a youth movement, they’ll send away an unhappy 24-year-old for picks they’ll probably never use efficiently anyway.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023
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
“I had to send away to get it developed!”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018
Masouma agreed, saying that men who come to the aid of harassment victims often utter a simple phrase to shame and send away the harasser: "Don't you have a sister or a mother yourself?"
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2014
"No, I mean to send away all my sister’s guards."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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