Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To dismiss from employment or service; to discharge: To formally end someone's job or position.
   • To cause someone to depart or go to another place: To arrange for someone to leave or to be taken somewhere.

Usage

• The verb "send away" is typically used with a direct object (the person being dismissed or dispatched).
• It often implies a formal or deliberate action of removal or dismissal.

Examples

• Dismiss from employment:
  • The manager had to send away the employee for repeated misconduct.
  • They sent the nanny away after the children started school.
• Cause to depart to another place:
  • She sent her son away to boarding school.
  • We sent the package away for repair.

Advanced Usage

• "to send away for something": To request something by post, usually from a company.
  • I sent away for a free sample of the new product.
• The phrasal verb can carry a tone of finality or distance, especially when dismissing a person.

Variants and Related Words

• Send-off (noun): A demonstration of good wishes at a departure.
  • They gave her a wonderful send-off when she retired.
• Sending (noun): The action of dispatching something or someone.

Synonyms

• Dismiss: To order or allow to leave; discharge.
• Discharge: To dismiss from service or employment.
• Let go: To release from employment.
• Dispatch: To send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Phrasal Verbs

• Send away for: To order an item by mail.
  • He sent away for a replacement part.
• Send off: To dispatch; to cause to leave. Also used in sports for ordering a player to leave the field.
  • The player was sent off for a dangerous foul.

Related Idioms

• To get sent away with a flea in one's ear: To be dismissed angrily or with a sharp rebuke.
  • He tried to complain but was sent away with a flea in his ear.

Verb

1. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   • The boss fired his secretary today
   • The company terminated 25% of its workers
2. stop associating with
   • They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock