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1. Issue or dispatch, as in We sent out the wedding invitations last month, or When did you send out that message? [c. 1400] 2. send out for. Order a delivery of something, as in Every Wednesday we send out for Chinese food.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): send someone out (for someone or something)
to send someone out to search for someone or something. • We sent Gerald out for Walter, who was supposed to have been here already. • Karen sent out Liz for some medicine., Phrase(s): send out (for someone or something)
to send an order by messenger, telephone, cable, or fax that someone or something is to come or be delivered. • We sent out for a public stenographer to record the will as Uncle Herman dictated it. • There was no food in the refrigerator, so we decided to send out., Phrase(s): send someone out
Go to send someone out of something.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs