send away for (something)
send away for (something)
To order something through the mail. Back before the Internet, we used to have to send away for our hobby supplies from specialty catalogs.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
send someone or something away
to cause someone, a group, or something to leave. I sent the salesman away. The store sent away all late deliveries.
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send away (for something)
to order something to be brought or sent from some distance. I sent away for a new part to replace the one that was broken. I couldn't find the part locally. I had to send away for it.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
send away
Also, send off.
1. Dispatch someone or something, as in We send the children away to camp every summer, or I sent off that letter last week. The first term dates from the first half of the 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s.
2. Order an item, as in I sent away for those gloves last month but they haven't arrived yet. Also see send for, def. 2.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
send away
v.
1. To request that someone or something leave or be taken away: I became sick suddenly and had to send my guests away. Send away the servants so we can talk in private.
2. send away for To send a request for something, especially by mail: I sent away for some information on the university's graduate program.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- do away with
- do away with (someone, something, or oneself)
- draw away from (someone or something)
- draw away
- drag away
- drag (someone or something) away
- drag (someone or something) away from (something)
- are we away
- Are we away?
- chase from some place