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sending for
phrase
present participle of send for
Synonyms & Antonyms of sending for
to demand or request the presence or service of
- The parents sent for a doctor to treat the sick child.
Synonyms for sending for
Words Related to sending for
Near Antonyms for sending for
- banishing,
- booting (out),
- casting out,
- drumming (out),
- ejecting,
- expelling,
- kicking out,
- ousting,
- outing,
- routing,
- running off,
- throwing out,
- turfing (out)
- [chiefly British]
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