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sending for

phrase , present participle of send for

Synonyms and 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 of sending for

calling, hailing, summoning

Words Related to sending for

citing, subpoenaing

assembling, calling out, calling up, convening, convoking, mustering

asking, bidding, inviting

commanding, ordering, requesting, requisitioning

beckoning, demanding, invoking

buzzing, knelling, paging, ringing, whistling

Near Antonyms of sending for

dismissing, sending (away), turning away

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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