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sent to Coventry

sent to Coventry is the simple past and past participle 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 sent to Coventry

What is sent to Coventry the simple past and past participle of?
Sent to Coventry is the simple past and past participle of send to Coventry.

Words near sent to Coventry in the dictionary

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

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