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send away

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Verb1.send away - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
2.send away - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"
clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
remove - remove from a position or an office
send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
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? send away
vt sep
(= dispatch)wegschicken, fortschicken; letter etcabschicken; his parents sent him away to Europe/to schoolseine Eltern schickten ihn nach Europa/ins Internat; to send something away to be mendedetw zur or in die Reparatur geben or schicken
I had to send him away without an explanationich musste ihn ohne Erklärung weggehen lassen or wegschicken
vischreiben; the number of people who sent away when they saw the TV advertisementdie Anzahl von Leuten, die auf die Fernsehreklame hin schrieben; to send away for somethingetw anfordern


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I will no longer be housekeeper for you if you don't send away that alligator.
We can send away some of the lunch and a great deal of the dinner.
Therefore send away this man, I pray you, and let me take his place, as it is I who am guilty.
 
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