- send someone off
- send someone offto participate in saying good-bye to someone who is leaving. •
We had a party to send Tom off on his retirement.
•Bob's parents sent him off from the airport.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
send someone off
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send someone off — send (someone) off to cause someone to go away to a place. Her parents sent her off to summer camp every August … New idioms dictionary
send someone off with a flea in their ear — british phrase to criticize someone severely Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym Main entry: flea … Useful english dictionary
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send someone off — (Sport) Syn: order off, dismiss, show the red card; informal red card, send for an early bath … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
send someone off — (of a soccer or rugby referee) order a player to leave the field and take no further part in the game. → send … English new terms dictionary
send someone off with a flea in their ear — British to criticize someone severely … English dictionary
send someone flying — send someone/something flying informal phrase to make someone or something move quickly through the air by hitting them Steve came crashing into me and sent me flying. Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym to hit an objectsynonym to move something… … Useful english dictionary
send someone up the river — tv. to send someone to prison. (Underworld. As done by a judge or indirectly by the po ice.) □ They tried to send me up the river, but my lip got me off. □ I’m gonna send you up the river if it’s the last thing I do … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
ˌsend sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to send a letter, email etc to someone I must get the parcel sent off tomorrow.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pack someone off — (informal) SEND OFF, dispatch, bundle off. → pack * * * informal send someone somewhere without much warning or notice they packed me off to the academy in Baltimore … Useful english dictionary
pack someone off — pack (someone) off to send someone away. We packed the kids off to their grandparents for the weekend … New idioms dictionary
