send away

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send away

verb sends away · sending away · sent away

idiomatic, transitive To dismiss from one's presence. The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away.
idiomatic, transitive To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc. We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year.
euphemistic, idiomatic, transitive To imprison (someone). the judge sent him away
Similar: lock up, shut away
idiomatic, intransitive To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered. We sent away for some of the items in the gardening catalogue.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.

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@misc{send_away_2026,
  title = {send away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/send%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}