send the message (that)

send the message (that)
send a/the/message (that) phrase
if a group of people sends a particular message, they publicly show other people how they feel about something

Not helping these people will send the message that we don’t care.

We don’t want to send the wrong message to our young people.

Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym
Main entry: send

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