English verb: send away | |||
1. | send away (social) stop associating with | ||
Samples | They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock. | ||
Synonyms | dismiss, drop, send packing | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | ||
Verb group | drop | ||
2. | send away (social) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||
Samples | The boss fired his secretary today. The company terminated 25% of its workers. | ||
Synonyms | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, terminate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out | ||
Antonyms | hire, employ, engage | ||