sent back
Returned to sender
Sent back means returned to a previous location or origin.
Mail gets sent back when undeliverable.
Restaurant food gets sent back to the kitchen when unsatisfactory: I sent the steak back because it was overcooked.
People are sent back to their countries when deported, or sent back to prison when parole is revoked.
The phrase often implies rejection or correction.
- returnedWent back again
- revertedReturned to earlier state
- resendTransmit a second time
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- repatriatedReturned to native land
bounce · rebuffed · recall · redirect · refused · reroute · remailed · repulsed · boomeranged · cast · rebound · remand · repelled · shipped · package · parcel · echo · courier
forward progress
sent backforwarded
Sent on to another
passed along · advanced · moved ahead · pushed through · expedited
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