send someone below

send someone below
send someone below
to send someone to one of the lower decks of a ship. •

The first mate sent the sailor below to shovel coal into the boiler.

The captain sent Mr. Wallace below, where he would be out of the way during the storm.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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