send out phrasal verb (
see also send)
1. send something/somebody ↔ out to make a person or a group of people or things go from one place to various other places:
Information was sent out to interested students.
Search parties were sent out to look for survivors.2. send something ↔ out to broadcast or produce a signal, light, sound etc:
The ship is sending out an SOS signal.3. send out for something to ask a restaurant or food shop to deliver food to you at home or at work:
We sent out for sandwiches. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲