send away

send away
verb
1. stop associating with (Freq. 1)
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They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

• Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑send packing, ↑drop
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Group: ↑drop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
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The boss fired his secretary today

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The company terminated 25% of its workers

• Syn:
• Ant: ↑hire (for: ↑fire)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sack (for: ↑sack), ↑sacking (for: ↑sack), ↑dismissible (for: ↑dismiss), ↑dismission (for: ↑dismiss), ↑dismissal (for: ↑dismiss), ↑firing (for: ↑fire)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody to INFINITIVE

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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑give the sack)
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Somebody ——s PP

 (for: ↑give the axe)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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