to send away

Examples

• All

• Every CV I send away, I have been told that I was unsuccessful and do not have the qualifications.

  Blog text (30)

• I will send away the package tomorrow to make sure it arrives on time.

• I sent away for it right after we had our... ...first date.

  Happiness (1998)

• "I sent away for it in a magazine," she says.

  Fiction book (2002)

• We've sent the animal remains away for analysis.

  Left One Alive (2024)

• We're going to send this blood away to establish a baseline, my brave boy.

  Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

• We filled out sweepstakes for an hour every night, which we sent away with stamps that should have been our rent money.

  Fiction book (1992)

• We don't want to send another boat away half-empty.

  S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

• The third child in the family to be stricken with polio, she alone was sent away to a school for crippled children run by French nuns.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It was a desperate measure, sending away for a bride, the way a person might send away for a book or a custom-made belt buckle, but then, Rafe was a desperate man.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

S

to send

vsto send away

∞ 1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

is mainly about dispatching or mailing items to a specific destination

D

to deliver

vsto send away

933 1.0

To bring letters or goods to a person, a place

emphasizes dispatching or mailing rather than the act of physical handover

D

to drop off

vsto send away

400 3.0

To take someone or something to a place and leave them there

is about arranging a dispatch or mailing rather than personally leaving items

S

to send out

vsto send away

376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

is narrower focusing on single dispatch or mailing to a specific destination

F

to forward

vsto send away

128 2.5

To send mail, messages, or packages on to a new address

is about dispatching directly to a destination rather than moving onward from middle points

P

to post

vsto send away

• UK

127 1.0

To send a letter or package to someone by mail

is the general act of dispatching items to a particular destination

S

to ship out

vsto send away

20 3.5

To send goods to customers by mail or truck

is about dispatching or mailing items generally rather than only commercial goods

S

to send on

vsto send away

13 3.2

To forward something to its final place

focuses on initial dispatch to the destination rather than relaying through an intermediate point

S

to send off

vsto send away

9 2.9

To post or email something to another place

focuses on dispatching or mailing items rather than just initiating travel

M

to mail out

vsto send away

6 3.0

To send things by mail to many people

aims at dispatching or mailing to a particular destination rather than mass distribution

S

to send around

vsto send away

5 3.2

Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email

targets a single dispatch to a particular destination rather than mass distribution

D

to deliver package

vsto send away

3 2.0

To take a package to a person or place and give it to them

focuses on arranging dispatch rather than physically carrying and handing over items

Antonyms

H

to hold onto

180 3.0

To keep something and not let it go

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