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send about one's business — If you tell someone, in an irritated or unfriendly way, to go away, yousend them about their business. An insurance company representative keeps calling on my mother, but I told her to send him about his business … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
send about one's business — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. send away, discharge, get rid of, dispatch; see dismiss 1 … English dictionary for students
send about one's business — phrasal : to dismiss summarily or peremptorily … Useful english dictionary
send — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dispatch, forward, transmit, broadcast; impel, drive; slang, excite, move (see excitement). See transfer, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dispatch] Syn. transmit, forward, convey, advance,… … English dictionary for students
send — [ send ] (past tense and past participle sent [ sent ] ) verb transitive *** 1. ) to mail a letter or package to someone: I sent the letters yesterday, so they should arrive today. send someone something: I ll send you a copy of the report. send… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Send in the Clowns — is a song by Stephen Sondheim, from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music . It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she regrets having turned down a… … Wikipedia
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
send a message (that) — send a/the/message (that) phrase if a group of people sends a particular message, they publicly show other people how they feel about something Not helping these people will send the message that we don’t care. We don’t want to send the wrong… … Useful english dictionary
send the message (that) — send a/the/message (that) phrase if a group of people sends a particular message, they publicly show other people how they feel about something Not helping these people will send the message that we don’t care. We don’t want to send the wrong… … Useful english dictionary
send out something — send out (something) to mail something. Frank sends out about 400 Christmas cards every year. I sent the checks out by overnight mail. Usage notes: usually said about sending a lot of things … New idioms dictionary
send out — (something) to mail something. Frank sends out about 400 Christmas cards every year. I sent the checks out by overnight mail. Usage notes: usually said about sending a lot of things … New idioms dictionary
