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ALL meanings of send off

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  • noun send off a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier. 1
  • noun send off a start given to a person or thing. 1
  • verb with object send off to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college. 1
  • verb with object send off to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter. 1
  • verb with object send off to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia. 1
  • verb with object send off to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction: to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling. 1
  • verb with object send off to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle. 1
  • verb with object send off to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village. 1
  • verb with object send off Electricity. to transmit (a signal). to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses. 1
  • verb with object send off Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her. 1
  • verb without object send off to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc. 1
  • verb without object send off Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies. 1
  • idioms send off send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace: The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing. 1
  • idioms send off send round, to circulate or dispatch widely: Word was sent round about his illness. 1
  • transitivephrasal verb send off direct sb 1
  • transitivephrasal verb send off mail, post 1
  • phrasal verb send off When you send off a letter or package, you send it somewhere by post. 0
  • phrasal verb send off If a football player is sent off, the referee makes them leave the field during a game, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules. 0
  • countable noun send off If a group of people give someone who is going away a send-off, they come together to say goodbye to them. 0
  • noun send off to mail or dispatch (a letter, gift, etc.) 0
  • noun send off to dismiss 0
  • noun send off to give a send-off to 0
  • noun send off an expression or demonstration of friendly feeling toward someone starting out on a trip, career, etc. 0
  • noun send off a start given to someone or something 0
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