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send to the glue factory

send to the glue factory verb: to kill, usually a horse.

Verb

send to the glue factory (third-person singular simple present sends to the glue factory, present participle sending to the glue factory, simple past and past participle sent to the glue factory)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To kill, usually a horse.
  2. (humorous, idiomatic) To retire or remove from prominence, usually due to obsolescence, old age or injury.

Synonyms of send to the glue factory

Forms of send to the glue factory

third-person singular presentsends to the glue factory
present participlesending to the glue factory
past participlesent to the glue factory
pastsent to the glue factory

Origin of send to the glue factory

Since glue was traditionally made by boiling down the hooves of a horse.

Questions about send to the glue factory

What does send to the glue factory mean?
Send to the glue factory means to kill, usually a horse.
What part of speech is send to the glue factory?
Send to the glue factory is a verb.
What is the past tense of send to the glue factory?
The past tense of send to the glue factory is sent to the glue factory.

Words near send to the glue factory in the dictionary

  1. send someone packing
  2. send someone to the showers
  3. send the flood
  4. send to Coventry
  5. send to dorse
  6. send to the glue factory
  7. send to the scaffold
  8. send up
  9. send word
  10. send-off
  11. send-offs

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