send up

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send up

verb sends up · sending up · sent up

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, up. Fears of war sent oil prices up by 10%.
transitive To imitate (someone or something) for the purpose of satirical humour. The programme accurately sends up the British Civil Service system at Whitehall.
US, slang, transitive To put in prison. The judge sent him up for three years.
transitive To cause (something, e.g. sparks) to erupt. Where the metal touched the asphalt, it sent up a shower of sparks.

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verb to imitate someone or something for the purpose of satirical humour

Русский	передразнивать peredraznivatʹ, смешно́ изобража́ть smešnó izobražátʹ

verb to be put in prison

Русский	приговори́ть к тюремному заключению prigovorítʹ k tjuremnomu zaključeniju

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@misc{send_up_2026,
  title = {send up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/send%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}