send off

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes Phrasal verb

Base verb: send

Meanings

1
verb
to dispatch a person, parcel, or message to a destination
Phrasal verb · Separable

send off someone/something / send someone/something off

Usage: The dispatched item or person is the object. A pronoun precedes off: send it off; send them off.

We need to send off the application before the post office closes.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
We need to send off the application before the post office closes.
2
verb
to order someone to leave the field of play as punishment
Phrasal verb · Separable

send off someone / send someone off / be sent off

Usage: A referee sends a player off the field. Put a pronoun before off: send him off. The passive be sent off is common.

The defender was sent off after deliberately striking another player.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
The defender was sent off after deliberately striking another player.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms sending offsends offsent off

Related forms send

Topics

Actions & Processes

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# send off

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to dispatch a person, parcel, or message to a destination
2. to order someone to leave the field of play as punishment

## Usage Notes
- to dispatch a person, parcel, or message to a destination: The dispatched item or person is the object. A pronoun precedes off: send it off; send them off.
- to order someone to leave the field of play as punishment: A referee sends a player off the field. Put a pronoun before off: send him off. The passive be sent off is common.

## Examples
- We need to send off the application before the post office closes.
- The defender was sent off after deliberately striking another player.
- We need to send off the application before the post office closes.
- The defender was sent off after deliberately striking another player.

## Related Forms
- send

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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