send-off

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send-off

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Deverbal from send off.

noun send-offs

A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card A send-off occurs when a player commits a serious violation and is ordered by the referee to leave the field for the rest of the game.
alternative Alternative form of sendoff The last regular steam-hauled passenger train between Glasgow and Helensburgh Central was given a fitting send-off from Queen Street Low Level at 11.2 p.m. on Friday, November 4.

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@misc{send_off_2026,
  title = {send-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/send-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}