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

These were the pieces that Dior’s Jonathan Anderson sent down the runway in the Jardin des Tuileries on Tuesday afternoon. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

With Ohtani's return, Josue De Paula was sent down to Triple-A to join the Comets in the Pacific Coast League playoffs against the Las Vegas Aviators. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

It will then be loaded up with trash and sent down to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

After being sent down to Triple-A Omaha in August, Erceg has returned to the Kansas City Royals. — Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 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