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sending to Coventry

sending to Coventry is the present participle and gerund of send to Coventry.

Meaning of send to Coventry

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone.
    • The group decided to send the unpopular members to Coventry.

Questions about sending to Coventry

What is sending to Coventry the present participle and gerund of?
Sending to Coventry is the present participle and gerund of send to Coventry.

Words near sending to Coventry in the dictionary

  1. sending out
  2. sending out for
  3. sending shivers down someone's spine
  4. sending someone packing
  5. sending someone to the showers
  6. sending to Coventry
  7. sending to dorse
  8. sending to the glue factory
  9. sending to the scaffold
  10. sending up
  11. sending word

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