sendsomeoneup
phrasal verbwithsendverb[T]uk/send/us/send/sent|sent
(PRISON)
USinformal(UKsendsomeonedown)
tosendsomeone toprison:
He wassentupforarmedrobbery.
She wassentup 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