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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Chernyshov, selected 33rd overall by the Sharks in the 2024 draft, did not require waivers to be sent down. Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 Keaton Middleton played 41 games for the Avalanche last year, but was sent down when the club added Solovyov and hasn’t been back. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026 Left field is up in the air, but Dunn had an exceptional season in Triple A after being sent down. C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026 High winds again prevented a hoist operation, but an air medic was sent down to the area and confirmed that all three people were deceased. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for send down

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 31 Jan. 2026.

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