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sending-off

sending-off noun: dismissal; red card.

Noun

sending-off (plural sending-offs or sendings-off)

  1. dismissal; red card
    • Worse was to follow for the home side. Ryan Jack had started the match in midfield in favour of Derek Young but had moved into defence with Considine's sending-off.2011 February 1, Keir Murray, “Aberdeen 0 - 3 Celtic”, in BBC

Forms of sending-off

pluralsending-offs
pluralsendings-off

Questions about sending-off

What does sending-off mean?
Sending-off means dismissal; red card.
What part of speech is sending-off?
Sending-off is a noun.
What is the plural of sending-off?
The plural of sending-off is sending-offs.

Words near sending-off in the dictionary

  1. sending to dorse
  2. sending to the glue factory
  3. sending to the scaffold
  4. sending up
  5. sending word
  6. sending-off
  7. sending-offs
  8. sendings
  9. sendings off
  10. sendings-off
  11. sendling

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