After a medical procedure I will send off a sister ship to the sphere with the sickened savages.2011, Henry Westwood, AD ASTRA PER ASPERA, →ISBN, page 146:
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While it's tempting to send off an email in response to something that has angered or disappointed you, resist the urge.2012, Jeffrey L. Seglin, Edward Coleman, The AMA Handbook of Business Letters, →ISBN, page 40:
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Synonym of send away (“to dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered”).
I'm going to send off for one of these fancy new wigs.
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To emit; to emanate.
The human brain can send off power by thoughts and prayers.2003, Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results, →ISBN:
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.
Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, "Send him off, ref! Red card!"2004, Lana A. Whited, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, →ISBN:
Fehily blows the whistle and Ronan's going, 'Think he has a nose bleed, Fadder,' and all the other parents are going, 'He struck him, referee! Send him off!' and Fehily's giving it, 'I didn't see the incident,' lying, of course, just like he used to lie for me.2007, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, →ISBN:
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England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
Just like he did when he reffed our clash with Chelsea when he failed to send off Eto'o for a kneehigh lunge on Henderson.2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, →ISBN, page 271:
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To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A way of celebrating a batsman's wicket usually with some hand gestures that can result in paying a fine.
There was no flourish of trumpets and drums to send us off, no cheering crowds.2009, Craig M. Mullaney, The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education, →ISBN:
The woman – tall, busty and seriously Afroed – had come to the door alone upon his arrival, but all the kids had poured out of the house with her to send him off when he left, just before midnight.2011, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cemetery Road, →ISBN:
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At the pier along Yokohama Harbor about 250 of our classmates, carrying the school flag before them, came to send off Uchimura and me.2012, Seiichi Higashide, Adios to Tears, →ISBN:
send off
noun
/ˈsɛn.dɒf/
› Alternative form of sendoff.
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farewell party
The neighbor's send off party has been described and our almost daily excitement was getting to read the letter scheduled for that day.2007, Howard K. Nielsen, Whatta Life, →ISBN, page 15:
She couldn't see the Met giving her a first class send off.2014, Roy Chadwick, Off Balance, →ISBN:
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funeral or memorial service
This is, of course, a motivating send off, one that encourages and uplifts your followers.2006, Eric G. Stephan, R. Wayne Pace, To Lead as Jesus Led, →ISBN, page 51:
Many family members have expressed to me that their deceased loved one would have enjoyed a less-than-traditional send off — more of a party atmosphere than the normal visitation and ceremony complete with traditional hymns and a consoling sermon from a man of the cloth.2006, Robert D. Webster, Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked?, →ISBN:
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Alternative Alternative form of send-off.
To administer a send off the referee must stop play and signify the action by showing the offending player a red card.1994, Michael L. LaBlanc, Richard Henshaw, The world encyclopedia of soccer, →ISBN, page 389:
In 1998, Paul Adams of South Africa was caught on video replay by the third umpire giving a send off to a batter.2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 287:
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Send offs in a final match Pedro Monzon (ARG) and Gustavo Dezotti (ARG) 22014, Novy Kapadia, The Football Fanatic’s Essential Guide Part 3, →ISBN:
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card
A send-off occurs when a player commits a serious violation and is ordered by the referee to leave the field for the rest of the game.2009, Mathew Brown, Patrick Guthrie, Greg Growden, Rugby For Dummies, →ISBN, page 333:
Some of the players tried to heavy or sweet-talk the referee into reversing his decision, even as the threat of a send-off loomed.2009, Shireen Lolesi, Wives and Girlfriends, →ISBN, page 12:
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Dally had a running battle with the referee, who accused him of kneeing an opponent — though, given a punch was enough to earn a send-off, perhaps the official was unsure of what he saw as Dally was not asked to leave the field.2011, Sean Fagan, Dally Messenger III, The Master, →ISBN:
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Alternative Alternative form of sendoff.
The last regular steam-hauled passenger train between Glasgow and Helensburgh Central was given a fitting send-off from Queen Street Low Level at 11.2 p.m. on Friday, November 4.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:
A great send-off at the station for Stanley.1988, Charles Rey, Neil Parsons, Michael Crowder, Monarch of All I Survey: Bechuanaland Diaries, 1929-1937, →ISBN, page 180:
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The medicine man gave the faithful animal a proper send-off into its next spiritual world.2000, Chris Kiana, Alaska Crying Baby, →ISBN:
You say: you should have seen it, you should have seen the send-off, the cheering crowds following us to the train, everyone joyful, clapping and shouting, cheering us on, it was like a festival to the triumphant sound of the Marseillaise.2011, Philippe Besson, In The Absence Of Men, →ISBN:
In that coast of send-offs and farewells, how did one more send-off matter?2012, Binoo K. John, The Last Song Of Savio De Souza, →ISBN:
Now that he had given her the cheque from Sir John they could be a little more relaxed about giving Harry the send-off he merited.2014, Mark Robertson, Off Key, →ISBN, page 314: