send for

send for
phrasal to request by message to come ; summon

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • send for — ► send for 1) order (someone) to come. 2) order by post. Main Entry: ↑send …   English terms dictionary

  • send for — (someone) to request or demand that someone come to you. Knowing he was extremely ill, we sent for his family …   New idioms dictionary

  • send for — (something) to request that something be sent or brought to you. She sent for catalogs and read lots of books before she started the garden …   New idioms dictionary

  • send for — index call (summon), request, subpoena, summon Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • send for — verb order, request, or command to come (Freq. 4) She was called into the director s office Call the police! • Syn: ↑call • See Also: ↑call forth (for: ↑cal …   Useful english dictionary

  • send for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms send for : present tense I/you/we/they send for he/she/it sends for present participle sending for past tense sent for past participle sent for 1) send for someone to ask for someone to come to you I think we… …   English dictionary

  • send for — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you send for someone, you send them a message asking them to come and see you. [V P n] I ve sent for the doctor. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you send for something, you write and ask for it to be sent to you. [V P n] Send for your free… …   English dictionary

  • send for sb — UK US send for sb Phrasal Verb with send({{}}/send/ verb [T] (sent, sent) ► to send someone a message asking them to come to see you: »The hotel sent for a doctor …   Financial and business terms

  • send for — phr verb Send for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑catalogue, ↑doctor, ↑help, ↑reinforcement …   Collocations dictionary

  • send for somebody — ˈsend for sb derived to ask or tell sb to come to you, especially in order to help you • Send for a doctor, quickly! Main entry: ↑sendderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • send for something — ˈsend for sth derived to ask sb to bring or deliver sth to you • His son found him and sent for help. • She sent for the latest sales figures. Main entry: ↑sendderived …   Useful english dictionary

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