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

Recent Examples on the Web

House was sent down in mid-May to work on his defense and hit right-handed pitching. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Mesa didn’t do much to distinguish himself initially, limited by injuries in spring camp and sent down in an early wave of cuts. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026

Only the stigma, the structure in the center of the flower that collects pollen to send down to the ovary in the base of the flower to form seeds, may remain. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 21 July 2026

Ryan Walker, who began the season as the closer, was sent down in May after allowing 11 earned runs over just 15 ⅓ innings. — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for send down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown