send away

Verb

send away (third-person singular simple present sends away, present participle sending away, simple past and past participle sent away)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence.
   • The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
   • We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year.
   1. (euphemistic, idiomatic, transitive) To imprison (someone).
      • the judge sent him away
      • They sent him away for that one.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered.
   • We sent away for some of the items in the gardening catalogue.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.