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Send Away (Verb)

Meaning 1

Stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • Her family sent her away after they found out she was seeing someone they didn't approve of.
  • The community sent away anyone who didn't follow their strict rules and traditions.
  • She was sent away from her group of friends after they discovered her addiction.
  • He was sent away by his business partners for making poor financial decisions that cost them a lot of money.
  • The church sent away the priest after allegations of misconduct surfaced.

Synonyms

  • Drop
  • Dismiss
  • Send Packing

Hypernyms

  • Can
  • Terminate
  • Displace
  • Dismiss
  • Fire
  • Force Out
  • Sack
  • Give The Axe
  • Give The Sack
  • Send Away

Meaning 2

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The company was forced to send away several employees due to the financial crisis.
  • She was sent away from the police force for accepting a bribe from a defendant.
  • The entire marketing team was sent away as part of the company's major restructuring.
  • The university decided to send away the professor who was involved in the plagiarism scandal.
  • The struggling startup had to send away nearly half of its staff to stay afloat.

Synonyms

  • Can
  • Terminate
  • Displace
  • Dismiss
  • Fire
  • Force Out
  • Sack
  • Give The Axe
  • Give The Sack
  • Give Notice

Hypernyms

  • Remove

Hyponyms

  • Drop
  • Lay Off
  • Dismiss
  • Send Packing
  • Clean Out
  • Retire
  • Pension Off
  • Furlough
  • Squeeze Out
  • Send Away
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