send back
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Definition
- Verb:
- To return something to its source or point of origin: The core meaning is to cause something to go back to where it came from.
- To refer a matter, case, or decision to another authority: In formal contexts, especially legal or procedural, it means to return an issue to a previous or different committee, court, or body for further consideration or a new decision.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The customer decided to send back the defective product for a refund.
- The appellate court will send back the case to the lower court for a retrial.
- Please send back the signed documents as soon as possible.
Advanced Usage
- "to send back for revision": to return something with instructions for it to be corrected or improved.
- The editor sent back the manuscript for revision.
- In a legal/judicial context: The act of remanding or remitting a case.
- The judge sent the question of jurisdiction back to the committee.
Variants and Related Words
- Remand (verb): To send back (a case) to a lower court. (A more specific legal synonym).
- Return (verb): To give, send, or put something back. (A more general synonym).
- Send-back (noun, hyphenated): The act of returning something. (Less common).
- The send-back of the application caused a delay.
Synonyms
- Return
- Remand (legal)
- Remit (formal)
- Refer back
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Send away: To dispatch or order someone to leave. (Different meaning).
- Send off: To dispatch something by post; to order a player to leave the field in sports. (Different meaning).
- Send out: To distribute or emit. (Different meaning).
Related Idioms
- Send someone back to the drawing board: To force someone to start a plan or project over from the beginning.
- The failed prototype sent the engineers back to the drawing board.
- Send packing: To dismiss or send someone away abruptly. (Different meaning, not about returning objects).
Verb
- refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision