to send or dispatch sth

  • 1send off — verb 1. send away towards a designated goal • Syn: ↑dispatch, ↑despatch • Derivationally related forms: ↑despatch (for: ↑despatch), ↑dispatch (for: ↑ …

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  • 2send something off — dispatch something by mail please take a moment or two to send off a check to a good cause * * * ˌsend sthˈoff derived to send sth to a place by post/mail • I m sending the files off to my boss tomorrow. Main entry: ↑sendderived …

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  • 3dispatch — di|spatch1 despatch [dıˈspætʃ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: dispacciare, from Old French despeechier to set free ] 1.) formal to send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose dispatch sb/sth to sb/sth ▪ A reporter was …

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  • 4dispatch — 1 also despatch BrE verb (T) 1 formal to send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose: dispatch sb/sth to: A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot. 2 old fashioned to deliberately kill a person or animal 3 old… …

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