sends off

Bids goodbye to

Sends off means to dispatch or cause to leave.

You send off a package or send off a child to school.

In British sports, to send off a player is to eject them from the game for a foul: The referee sent him off for a dangerous tackle.

A send-off is a farewell gathering or gesture: They gave her a grand send-off.

Related

banish · show the door · marching orders · transmit · dispatch · oust · evict · wave · expel · deliver · postal service · eject · letter · release · exile · let go · give notice · signal

Opposites
direction of transfer

sends offreceives

Takes into possession

takes in · accepts · collects · retrieves · picks up

gathering vs. dispersing (people)

sends offwelcomes

Receives with hospitality

greets · receives · meets · ushers in · admits

sports discipline context

sends offbrings on

Causes to occur

fields · reinstates · selects · includes · calls up

Family

send, off, sends, sent, sending, sender, senders, offs

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G