Send down for (something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "send down for (something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Ann Thu calendar 2021-08-13 09:08

Meaning of Send down for (something)

Send down for (something) informal

British phrasal verb

To request someone to leave a college or a university before their courses finish because they have done something bad

A lot of students were sent down for cheating in exams.

British phrasal verb

To put someone in prison

Jack has been sent down for seven years for robbery.

She was sent down for drug dealing.

phrasal verb

To send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose; to send someone somewhere for retrieving, receiving, accomplishing something

Your computer is still under warranty. I think you should send it down for repairs.

I sent my secretary down for the contract.

verb phrase

To order room service at the hotel

I would like to send down for some juice and cookies.

Other phrases about:

lock (someone) up and throw away the key

To imprison someone forever or indefinitely

clap (someone) in irons

To suddenly put one in jail or chains

Hamlet without the Prince

An event takes place without the principal actor.

take away

1. To remove it from the place where it is
2. To have something as the effect of an event
3. To take someone along to some place
4. To arrest or imprison someone.
5. To awe someone.
6. To win something hand downs.
7. To buy food at a restaurant for eating elsewhere.
8. (take away from) To detract from something.
9. To remove something from someone as a punishment 
10. To make a feeling, pain, etc. disappear.
11. To learn something from an experience or activity.
12. To make money from something.
13. To subtract a number
14. (take it away) Let the show begin! 

 

pen up

To confine or imprison someone or an animal within a pen or a similarly tiny, limited place.

Grammar and Usage of Send down for (something)

Verb Forms

  • sends down for (something)
  • sending down for (something)
  • sent down for (something)

The verb "send" should be conjugated according to its tense. When used as a phrasal verb a noun or pronoun can be placed between "send" and "down."

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