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