send off phrasal verb (see also send)

1. send something ↔ off to send something somewhere by post:
I sent off the letter this morning.

2. send off for something to send a letter to a company or organization asking them to post something to you:
I sent off for a copy of the photograph.

3. send somebody ↔ off British English to order a sports player to leave the field because they have broken the rules:
One of Dundee’s players was sent off for punching another player.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˈsend-off noun [countable] informal
a party or other occasion when people meet to say goodbye to someone who is leaving:
The department gave Tom a send-off he won’t forget!

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

send off
send (someone) off
to cause someone to go away to a place.
Her parents sent her off to summer camp every August.

send off (something)
to mail something.
She sent off copies of the drawing to several friends.

She wrote a 500-word article on Indian baskets and sent it off with photographs.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send off something
send off (something)
to mail something.
She sent off copies of the drawing to several friends.

She wrote a 500-word article on Indian baskets and sent it off with photographs.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send off
to participate in saying good-bye to someone who is leaving
We went to the airport in order to send off the company president.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send off
v. phr. To say good-bye to someone ceremoniously.
They sent us off to the Mainland from our first visit to Hawaii with an elaborate champagne party at the pier.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send off
n. phr. A demonstration of affection or respect at someone's departure, as a retirement ceremony.
When our colleague retired after 35 years of teaching, we all got together at the Faculty Club and gave him a terrific send-off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send someone off
send (someone) off
to cause someone to go away to a place.
Her parents sent her off to summer camp every August.

send off (something)
to mail something.
She sent off copies of the drawing to several friends.

She wrote a 500-word article on Indian baskets and sent it off with photographs.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

send someone off
to participate in saying good-bye to someone who is leaving
We went to the airport in order to send off the company president.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲