- send-up n Brit
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send — v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message to headquarters; sent me a book; sends goods all over the world). b propel; cause to move (send a bullet; sent him flying). c cause to go or become (send… … Useful english dictionary
send — send1 verb (past and past participle sent) 1》 cause to go or be taken or delivered to a particular destination. ↘(send someone to) arrange for someone to attend (an institution). 2》 cause to move sharply or quickly; propel. 3》 cause to be in… … English new terms dictionary
send down — verb suspend temporarily from college or university, in England • Syn: ↑rusticate • Derivationally related forms: ↑rustication (for: ↑rusticate) • Hypernyms: ↑suspend, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Brit milah — Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Genesis 17:1 14 … Wikipedia
send — send1 [send] vt. sent, sending [ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base * sent , to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way] 1. a) to cause to go or be … English World dictionary
send-up — /send up /, n. an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send up of TV game shows. Also, sendup. [1955 60; n. use of v. phrase send up, in sense to parody ; cf. earlier Brit. academic usage to mock … Universalium
send-up — send ups N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n A send up is a piece of writing or acting in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. [BRIT, INFORMAL] ...his classic send up of sixties rock, Get Crazy . Syn … English dictionary
send someone/thing up informal, — send someone/thing up informal, chiefly Brit. ridicule someone or something by exaggerated imitation. → send … English new terms dictionary
send down — ► send down Brit. 1) expel (a student) from a university. 2) informal sentence to imprisonment. Main Entry: ↑send … English terms dictionary
send to Coventry — ► send to Coventry chiefly Brit. refuse to associate with or speak to. [ORIGIN: perhaps from the unpopularity of royalist soldiers or prisoners quartered in Coventry (sympathetic to parliament) during the English Civil war.] Main Entry: ↑send … English terms dictionary
send someone down — Brit. 1》 expel a student from a university. 2》 informal sentence someone to imprisonment. → send … English new terms dictionary
