send away

Related to send away: come in handy, bevy of beauties, so much for, take account of, worse for wear

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Verb	1.	send away - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" send packing, dismiss, drop give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
	2.	send away - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal" pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" remove - remove from a position or an office send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

send

verb

1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination:

address, consign, dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit.

2. To direct or allow to leave.Also used with away:

dismiss.

Idioms: send about one's business, send packing, show someone the door.

3. To direct (a person) elsewhere for help or information:

refer, transfer, turn over.

4. Slang. To move or excite greatly:

carry away, electrify, enrapture, thrill, transport.

phrasal verb
send for

To demand to appear, come, or assemble:

call, convene, convoke, muster, summon.

phrasal verb
send forth

To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently:

emit, give, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, throw off, vent.

phrasal verb
send up

Informal. To place officially in confinement:

commit, consign, institutionalize.

Translations

mandare via

w>send away

vt sep

(= dispatch) → wegschicken, fortschicken; letter etc → abschicken; his parents sent him away to Europe/to school → seine Eltern schickten ihn nach Europa/ins Internat; to send something away to be mended → etw zur or in die Reparatur geben or schicken

I had to send him away without an explanation → ich musste ihn ohne Erklärung weggehen lassen or wegschicken

vi → schreiben; the number of people who sent away when they saw the TV advertisement → die Anzahl von Leuten, die auf die Fernsehreklame hin schrieben; to send away for something → etw anfordern

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I will no longer be housekeeper for you if you don't send away that alligator."

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"We can send away some of the lunch and a great deal of the dinner."

But they never found they could send away anything and the highly polished condition of the empty plates returned to the pantry awakened much comment.

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Therefore send away this man, I pray you, and let me take his place, as it is I who am guilty."

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Birds start screaming when they see a people, or boat to send away the uninvited visitors.