send off

send off
verb
1. send away towards a designated goal
• Syn: ↑dispatch, ↑despatch
• Derivationally related forms: ↑despatch (for: ↑despatch), ↑dispatch (for: ↑dispatch), ↑dispatcher (for: ↑dispatch)
• Hypernyms: ↑transport, ↑send, ↑ship
• Hyponyms: ↑bundle off, ↑route
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

2. transfer
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The spy sent the classified information off to Russia

• Syn: ↑send, ↑get off
• Derivationally related forms: ↑send-off, ↑sending (for: ↑send)
• Hypernyms: ↑transfer
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. throw, send, or cast forward
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project a missile

• Syn: ↑project
• Hypernyms: ↑propel, ↑impel
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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send off [phrasal verb]
1 send off (something) or send (something) off : to send (something) by mail or another service

I sent off the package yesterday.

2 send off (someone) or send (someone) off chiefly Brit : to order (a player who has broken a rule) to leave the field for the remainder of the game

He was sent off [=ejected] for striking another player.

3 send off for (something) : to ask to receive (something) by sending a letter, coupon, etc., to someone by mail

I sent off for [=sent away for] a sample.

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Main Entry: ↑send

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ˌsend ˈoff (for sth) | ˌsend aˈway (to sb) (for sth) derived
to write to sb and ask them to send you sth by post/mail

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I've sent off for some books for my course.

Main entry: ↑sendderived

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  • send off — (something) to mail something. She sent off copies of the drawing to several friends. She wrote a 500 word article on Indian baskets and sent it off with photographs …   New idioms dictionary

  • send off — ► send off (of a soccer or rugby referee) order (a player) to leave the field and take no further part in the game. Main Entry: ↑send …   English terms dictionary

  • send-off — ☆ send off [send′ôf΄ ] n. Informal 1. an expression or demonstration of friendly feeling toward someone starting out on a trip, career, etc. 2. a start given to someone or something …   English World dictionary

  • send off — index cast (throw), dismiss (discharge), launch (project), project (impel forward) Bu …   Law dictionary

  • send-off — send′ off n. 1) a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a new venture 2) a start; impetus • Etymology: 1855–60, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • send-off — ► NOUN ▪ a celebratory demonstration of goodwill at a person s departure …   English terms dictionary

  • send-off — n. to give smb. a (big) send off (they gave her quite a send off) * * * [ sendɒf] to give smb. a (big) send off (they gave her quite a send off) …   Combinatory dictionary

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