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Send away

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dismiss from one's presence. idiomatic, transitive

    "The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away."

  2. 2
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position wordnet
  3. 3
    To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc. idiomatic, transitive

    "We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year."

  4. 4
    stop associating with wordnet
  5. 5
    To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.; To imprison (someone). euphemistic, idiomatic, transitive

    "the judge sent him away"

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  1. 6
    To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered. idiomatic, intransitive

    "We sent away for some of the items in the gardening catalogue."

  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.

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