Definition of Send off

1. Verb. Send away towards a designated goal. "They won't send off the story "

Exact synonyms: Despatch, Dispatch
Generic synonyms: Send, Ship, Transport
Specialized synonyms: Bundle Off, Route
Derivative terms: Despatch, Dispatch, Dispatcher

2. Verb. Throw, send, or cast forward. ; "Project a missile"
Exact synonyms: Project
Generic synonyms: Impel, Propel

3. Verb. Transfer. "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
Exact synonyms: Get Off, Send
Generic synonyms: Transfer
Derivative terms: Sending, Send-off

Definition of Send off

1. Noun. A party or other celebration, usually to mark a person's retirement or departure. ¹

2. Verb. (sports) To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; a red-card. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Send Off

send-off
send-offs
send-up
send-ups
sendQ
send a message
send around
send away
send away for
send back
send down
send for
send forth
send her down Hughie
send in
send off
send offs
send on
send out
send out for
send packing
send shivers down someone's spine
send somebody packing
send to Coventry
send to the glue factory
send up
send word
sendable
sendal
sendaline

Literary usage of Send off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Huxley and Ruskin have each been obliged to prepare a printed circular, at once a remonstrance and an apology, which they slip into an envelope and send off ..."

2. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"wee are enabled to send off y* chattle you most off all neede, ... to bled to ye booke wc*> send off y* ..."

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