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sent to the glue factory

sent to the glue factory is the simple past and past participle 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 sent to the glue factory

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

Words near sent to the glue factory in the dictionary

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

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