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Definition of Send off

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

2. Verb. Throw, send, or cast forward. ; "Project a missile"

3. Verb. Transfer. "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"

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 (current term) 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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