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send down

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send someone or something down

to dispatch someone or something to some place on a lower level. They wanted someone downstairs to help with the moving, so I sent John down. I sent down John to help.

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send down

Suspend or dismiss from a university, principally a British one. For example, He's done very poorly ever since he was sent down from Oxford. [Mid-1800s]

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send down

v. Chiefly British

To suspend or dismiss someone from a university: The university sent the students down for stealing supplies. They sent down two of the students for cheating.

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