send away
A2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To tell someone to go away, or to send someone or something far from where you are.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
To tell someone to leave or to refuse to deal with them.
"The bouncer sent away everyone who didn't have their ID."
Grammar: separable
2 A2 neutral
To send a person to a distant place, often for a long period and sometimes against their wishes.
"During the war, many city children were sent away to the countryside for safety."
"Thousands of children were sent away from their families under the evacuation scheme."
— BBC History Magazine, 2020
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Can carry an emotional weight — e.g., sending a child away to boarding school. Also used simply to mean refusing or dismissing someone (e.g., 'sent away from the door').
Commonly used with
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Forms
Base
send away
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sends away
he/she/it
Past simple
sent away
yesterday
Past participle
sent away
have + pp
-ing form
sending away
continuous
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