Send down

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place

2.verbTo suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university.

"He was sent down from Oxford for theft."

3.verbTo bowl.

4.verbTo commit (someone) to a prison term.

"Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years."

5.verbTo demote a player within the levels of professional baseball.

"After performing poorly for the first month of the season, he was sent down to the minor leagues."

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