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sending to the glue factory

sending to the glue factory is the present participle and gerund of send to the glue factory.

Meaning of send to the glue factory

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.

Questions about sending to the glue factory

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

Words near sending to the glue factory in the dictionary

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

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