send down

verb

sent down; sending down; sends down

transitive verb

British
: to suspend or expel from a university

Examples of send down in a Sentence

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The dress — which took inspiration in part from a corset look that the French fashion house sent down the runway in 2003 — took 640 hours to build. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 May 2025 Baty was solid for the Mets before being sent down to Triple-A two weeks ago to accommodate the returns of Jeff McNeil and Francisco Alvarez. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025 The day prior to his death, Francis blessed groups that flocked to St. Peter’s Square, sending down prayers from the balcony of his residence. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025 That might put the team in a bind when Murphy returns, but if Baldwin is playing so well he can’t be sent down, that will be a great problem to have. Follow me on Twitter. Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for send down

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of send down was in 1848

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“Send down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20down. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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