to send in
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- phrasal verb
- Archaic
:
hacer llegar
- "Send in the next boy."
Examples
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- Oh fine, send her in, send her in.
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- Oh fine, send her in, send her in.
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- Oh fine, send her in, send her in.
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Send in Dr. Morgan, please.
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Can someone please send in Mr. and Mrs. deklava.
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Send him in.
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Send in the Marines!
Fiction book (1993) -
Send in Lieutenant Bruner.
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Please send in your name to the guest list at the entrance.
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At the party, I was asked to send in my card to the host before entering.
How Formal
- Archaic
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8.1
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1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally built from 'send' (to cause something to be delivered) plus the particle 'in' (into an interior or to someone inside), so a learner who knows both words can infer this is about having something brought/entered to the host or room. The specific formal cultural practice (presenting a calling card) is a narrow usage, but the core motion/transfer meaning follows a standard, cross-linguistic pattern and is therefore immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Send in in visits comes from an old custom when a guest left a calling card with a servant; the servant would send the card in to tell the host someone had arrived, so it means 'to present one's name to a host'.