- send someone down
- Brit.1》 expel a student from a university.2》 informal sentence someone to imprisonment.→ send
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send someone down
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send someone down — 1 (Brit.) she was sent down from Cambridge: EXPEL, exclude; Brit. rusticate. 2 (informal) he was sent down for life: SEND TO PRISON, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lo … Useful english dictionary
send someone down — informal Syn: send to prison, imprison, jail, incarcerate, lock up, confine, detain, intern; informal put away; Brit.; informal bang up … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
send chills down (someone's) spine — send chills down/up (someone s) spine to make someone feel very frightened. Just thinking about walking back through the dark streets sent chills down her spine … New idioms dictionary
send shivers down (someone's) spine — send shivers down/up (someone s) spine to make someone feel very frightened or excited. The way he looked at me sent shivers down my spine … New idioms dictionary
send someone sprawling — phrase to hit someone with so much force that they fall down Thesaurus: to knock someone down by hitting themsynonym Main entry: sprawling … Useful english dictionary
send shivers down someone's spine — send shivers up/down/someone’s spine phrase to make someone feel very frightened or excited Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or impressedsynonym to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
beam someone down — beam (someone/something) down to send someone or something to earth as waves of energy. A few people liked my idea, but most just looked at me as though I d beamed down from outer space … New idioms dictionary
send shivers down someone's spine — verb To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous. Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine … Wiktionary
send someone sprawling — to hit someone with so much force that they fall down … English dictionary
send — /send/ verb past tense and past participle sent /sent/ 1 BY POST/RADIO ETC (T) to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post: send sb a letter/message/card: Honestly, I get tired of sending Christmas cards. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
