sendsomeonedown
phrasal verbwithsendverb[T]uk/send/us/send/sent|sent
(PRISON)
UKinformal(USsendsomeoneup)
tosendsomeone toprison:
He wassentdownforarmedrobbery.
She wassentdown for threeyears.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- prisoner
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- solitary
- stretch
(COLLEGE)
UKold-fashioned
toasksomeone toleaveacollegeoruniversitybefore the end of thecoursebecause they have done somethingwrong:
She wassentdownfromOxfordfor takingdrugs.
Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
- banish
- banishment
- deport
- deportation
- deportee
- exile
- exiled
- expatriate
- expel
- expulsion
- extraordinary rendition
- rid
- rusticate
- rustication
- send
- sendsomethingoff
- shun
- transport