send away

1. Also, send off.

2. Dispatch someone or something, as in We send the children away to camp every summer , or I sent off that letter last week . The first term dates from the first half of the 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s.

3. Order an item, as in I sent away for those gloves last month but they haven't arrived yet . Also see send for , def. 2.

Example Sentences

Green Party Assembly member Caroline Russell said: "The government should withdraw these cruel changes that are going to ruin lives by sending away the workers London depends upon."

From BBC

“To send away a child from the womb of the mother is an assassination, because there is life. We must speak about these things clearly,” Francis said.

From Salon

Please don’t send away your good, young players again.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of these cards require cardholders to send away their collateral items or car title.

From Seattle Times

The patients who haunt me nearly as much as those who have succumbed to the opioid crisis are the ones I send away, often in as much pain as when they first arrived.

From New York Times

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