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Phrase(s): send someone or something away
to cause someone, a group, or something to leave. • I sent the salesman away. • The store sent away all late deliveries., Phrase(s): send someone away
Go to put someone away., Phrase(s): send away (for something)
to order something to be brought or sent from some distance. • I sent away for a new part to replace the one that was broken. • I couldn’t find the part locally. I had to send away for it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, send off. 1. Dispatch someone or something, as in We send the children away to camp every summer, or I sent off that letter last week. The first term dates from the first half of the 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. 2. Order an item, as in I sent away for those gloves last month but they haven't arrived yet. Also see SEND FOR, def. 2.
American Heritage Idioms