send away

Questions about send away

What does send away mean?

send away means "stop associating with". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for send away?

Close synonyms include dismiss, send packing, drop, displace, fire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is send away a common word?

send away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.