as in parodies
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous
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Recent Examples of sends up
Shepherd’s Purse A low-growing annual weed with leaves that resemble dandelion foliage, shepherd’s purse germinates in fall and then sends up a slender flower stalk in spring.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Written, produced, and starring Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero as two sisters jockeying haplessly for status within Newport society, Another Period sends up every costume-drama trope in the book.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Pulling it does no good because any root left in the ground sends up another plant.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Written, produced, and starring Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero as two sisters jockeying haplessly for status within Newport society, Another Period sends up every costume-drama trope in the book.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Pulling it does no good because any root left in the ground sends up another plant.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sends up
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Ben Hania’s film before that, 2020’s Oscar-nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, parodies the art world’s fetishization of refugees.—
Alexander Durie,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Newsom has been trying to raise his national profile, adopting a combative style that parodies Trump’s social media strategy with similar all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Aristotle said that art imitates nature (ars imitatur naturam), and for centuries, many artists sought to imitate their subjects as realistically as possible.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Whether or not life imitates art remains to be seen.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tight end Assuming Oregon’s Kenyon Sadiq is long gone, there’s only one who’s a potential option at 43 - Vanderbilt’s Eli Stowers, who Miller mocks to Miami.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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This seems like a reach, but many mocks now have Cooper, previously considered a second-round pick, going to the Jets in the middle of the first round.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong does.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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Like really bad attitude, but also does some unspeakably bad things in this story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Sends up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sends%20up. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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