send down
Banish from university
Send down means to expel a student from a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge: He was sent down for cheating on his exams.
The phrase is primarily British.
More generally, send down can mean to sentence someone to prison: The judge sent him down for five years.
In cricket, to send down a ball is to bowl it.
Lower someone's position
- relegateAssign to inferior position
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- lowerReduce or move downward
- bustFailure or sculpture
strip · break · rank · declass · division · league · tier · drop
Remove forcibly from membership
- rusticateRetire to the country
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- dismissSend away or reject
- ejectThrow out forcibly
oust · banish · remove · exclude · disbar · debar · exile · excommunicate
Confine in detention
- jailDetention facility
- convictJailed offender after trial
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- imprisonConfine as punishment
detain · prison · penitentiary · custody · confinement · lockup · inmate · felon
demote
Lower someone's position
bust · strip · break · rank · declass · division · league · tier · drop · position
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
eject · oust · banish · remove · exclude · disbar · debar · exile · excommunicate · blacklist
incarcerate
Confine in detention
imprison · detain · prison · penitentiary · custody · confinement · lockup · inmate · felon · prisoner
batsman
Cricket's offensive player
crease · stumps · pavilion · duck · out · caught · fielder · over · umpire · dismissal
pass
Move beyond or decline
dispatch · forward · deliver · convey · channel · communicate · route · direct · funnel · distribute