Call to come
To send for someone or something is to dispatch a message requesting their presence or delivery: Send for the doctor immediately, We sent for reinforcements.
The phrase implies urgency or authority—you send for help, send for supplies, send for someone to be brought before you.
It's slightly formal; in casual speech, people more often say "call for" or simply "get."
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Call to come
To send for someone or something is to dispatch a message requesting their presence or delivery: Send for the doctor immediately, We sent for reinforcements.
The phrase implies urgency or authority—you send for help, send for supplies, send for someone to be brought before you.
It's slightly formal; in casual speech, people more often say "call for" or simply "get."
1. summon — fetch, Go get and return; call (Contact by phone); request (Formal act of seeking); beckon (Signal to approach); summon · page · hail · signal · dispatch · order · retrieve · invoke · solicit · bid
2. urgency — emergency, Serious sudden danger; rush (Quick sudden movement); urgent (Needing immediate attention); expedite (Speed up a process); immediate · pressing · critical · swift · rapid · priority · dispatch · haste · fast-track · alert
DIRECTION OF SUMMONING/RETRIEVALsend for ≠ fetch Go get and return; go get · collect · pick up · go for · retrieve
SUMMONING VS. DISMISSINGsend for ≠ send away Cause to depart; dismiss · send off · turn away · discharge · banish
send, for, sent, sending, sends
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/send_for