send away

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send away (third-person singular simple present sends away, present participle sending away, simple past and past participle sent away)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence.

   The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away.

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.

   We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year.

   1. (idiomatic, euphemistic, transitive) To imprison (someone).

      Synonyms: lock up, shut away

      the judge sent him away

      They sent him away for that one.

3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered.

   We sent away for some of the items in the gardening catalogue.

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send,‎ away.

• In both senses, the object may appear before or after the particle, with shorter objects (especially personal pronouns) tending to precede it, and longer objects tending to follow it.