send off

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To send; to dispatch.
   • Have you sent off your application yet?
   • After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages.2011, Henry Westwood, AD ASTRA PER ASPERA, →ISBN, page 146
2. (intransitive) Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
   • I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs.

   Synonyms:

   send away

3. To emit; to emanate.
   • The human brain can send off power by thoughts and prayers.2003, Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results, →ISBN
4. To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
   • Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, "Send him off, ref! Red card!"2004, Lana A. Whited, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, →ISBN
   • Fehily blows the whistle and Ronan's going, 'Think he has a nose bleed, Fadder,' and all the other parents are going, 'He struck him, referee! Send him off!' and Fehily's giving it, 'I didn't see the incident,' lying, of course, just like he used to lie for me.2007, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, →ISBN
5. To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
6. A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
   • There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds.2009, Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education, →ISBN
   • The woman – tall, busty and seriously Afroed – had come to the door alone upon his arrival, but all the kids had poured out of the house with her to send him off when he left, just before midnight.2011, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cemetery Road, →ISBN

Noun

IPA/ˈsɛn.dɒf/

send off (plural send offs)

1. farewell party
   • The neighbor's send off party has been described and our almost daily excitement was getting to read the letter scheduled for that day.2007, Howard K. Nielsen, Whatta Life, →ISBN, page 15
   • She couldn't see the Met giving her a first class send off.2014, Roy Chadwick, Off Balance, →ISBN
2. funeral or memorial service
   • This is, of course, a motivating send off, one that encourages and uplifts your followers.2006, Eric G. Stephan, R. Wayne Pace, To Lead as Jesus Led, →ISBN, page 51
   • Many family members have expressed to me that their deceased loved one would have enjoyed a less-than-traditional send off — more of a party atmosphere than the normal visitation and ceremony complete with traditional hymns and a consoling sermon from a man of the cloth.2006, Robert D. Webster, Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked?, →ISBN