to send off
9
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /sɛnd ɔf/
:
enviar
- We went through the factory with vengeance and and anything that wasn't being used, we sent off to the scrap metal dealers.
- send off a letter
- send off a message
So I'm going to get that sent off ASAP.
- So I'm going to get that sent off ASAP.
- The changeling and the Prince get sent off to go rescue the Princess.
- But how many people know that most of them are sent off to private prisons?
- And the Chinese chemist is up and he started cooking and apparently they sent off his package to the US.
- And then she she winds up at Montclair High School around the same time as her her father's getting sent off to North Africa.
- So they were both sent off to to spend a certain amount of time crafting their sermon.
- So you know, hopefully that's all being rectified now, but in the meantime, you know, I was sent off to prison.
- And that's why I am telling you maybe don't send off that e-mail responding to that person right now.
- So I've sent off a load of blood tests and everything to America and I'm just waiting on the results.
- So I've send off a tox screen or, you know, I've sent off for a blood test.
Examples
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Almost everything from their apartment had been sent off to the shippers, and what was left behind would be abandoned.
Fiction book (2000) -
I just brought my card to the winner and now I need to run to the post office to send off these goodies.
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And so I did send off your applications.
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So we are going to bag these up now and get them sent off to the soup kitchen.
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And then it's sent off to a registered and certified lab.
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After wandering about the German countryside for three days, they were captured and sent off to the camp.
Blog text (10) -
The title of the book is Subprime Solution, and I just sent off the draft to the copy editor last Friday.
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At the age of eleven, when I was sent off to a summer camp in Eagle River, Wisconsin, I learned the facts of life.
Fiction book (2002) -
I quickly sent off an email to Apple requesting help, and then sat down for some low-level panic.
Blog text (17) -
I need to send off this parcel before the post office closes.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Make a letter, package, or email go to another person
933
1.0
To bring letters or goods to a person, a place
400
3.0
To take someone or something to a place and leave them there
376
1.8
Cause something to go to other people or places
247
1.0
To send letters and packages by the postal service
229
1.6
To send a message over the internet to someone
127
1.0
To send a letter or package to someone by mail
107
4.1
To send people or things quickly to a place for a purpose
20
3.5
To send goods to customers by mail or truck
9
3.3
To send something by a fast delivery service
6
3.0
To send things by mail to many people
6
1.9
Make something go to another place by post
3
4.1
To send a message quickly without much thought
3
2.0
To take a package to a person or place and give it to them
1
6.8
Send goods to a person or shop, often for sale
1
4.0
To send a letter or parcel quickly by a fast mail service
To send a message to someone using the internet
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to send something or someone to a particular place' is directly derivable from combining 'send' (cause delivery) with 'off' (away/directional). This verb + particle composition is a common, predictable motion/transfer pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Send off comes from a clear image of sending something away: you send a parcel or message and it goes off from you, like a letter put on a delivery truck or an email leaving your outbox. That's why send off means 'to send something or someone to a particular place'.