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1 send
[send]past tense, past participle - sent; verb1) (to cause or order to go or be taken: The teacher sent the disobedient boy to the headmaster; She sent me this book.) poslati2) (to move rapidly or with force: He sent the ball right into the goal.) poslati3) (to cause to go into a certain, usually bad, state: The news sent them into a panic.) spraviti v•- sender- send away for
- send down
- send for
- send in
- send off
- send off for
- send out
- send someone packing / send someone about his business
- send packing / send someone about his business
- send someone packing / send about his business
- send packing / send about his business* * *I [send]nounspodbuda, pobuda, podnet, nagib; impulz; slang igranje v ritmu swinga; impulzivno igranjeII [send]1.transitive verbposlati, odposlati (to kam); odpraviti; spraviti v gibanje; izstreliti (naboj); usmeriti, nameriti (pogled) (at k, proti); udariti, vreči (žogo); (o bogu) dati, nakloniti;2.intransitive verbposlati ( for po); poslati sporočiloto send s.o. about his business — na kratko odpraviti koga, spoditi kogato send s.o. crazy — znoriti kogato send coals to Newcastle — napraviti nekaj nepotrebnega, odvečnega; v Savo vodó nositito send s.o. to Coventry figuratively ne se hoteti družiti s komto send for s.th. — poslati po kaj, dati si prinesti kaj, naročiti kajGod send it may not be so! — daj bog, da ne bi bilo tako!to send to invite s.o. — poslati komu (po)vabiloto send one's love — poslati prisrčen pozdrav, pozdraviti po komto send s.o. mad (out of his mind) — razdražiti, razbesneti koga, spraviti koga v blaznost, znoriti kogaI sent him packing figuratively odpustil sem ga (iz službe), spodil sem gato send to the right-about, send packing slang na kratko koga odpraviti, odpustiti koga, poslati k vragu kogato send to the skies slang ubitisend him victorious! — da bi (le) zmagal!send me a word! — sporoči (piši, javi se) mi!;III [send]nounpritisk, gonilna moč (valov); nautical nenaden sunek, premik (ladje, zaradi močnih valov) -
2 Coventry
[kʌvəntri]nounmesto v Anglijito send s.o. to Coventry — k vragu koga poslati, bojkotirati koga
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send to Coventry — ► send to Coventry chiefly Brit. refuse to associate with or speak to. [ORIGIN: perhaps from the unpopularity of royalist soldiers or prisoners quartered in Coventry (sympathetic to parliament) during the English Civil war.] Main Entry: ↑send … English terms dictionary
send to Coventry — To ostracize, esp to refuse to talk to • • • Main Entry: ↑Coventry … Useful english dictionary
Send to Coventry — To send someone to Coventry is a British phrase meaning to ostracise somebody,specifically to not talk to them.It was sometimes used as a way of punishing people who,for example,would not join a strike in a factory for better pay and conditions.… … Wikipedia
send to Coventry — send (someone) to Coventry British, informal if a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to them, usually in order to punish them. The other workers sent him to Coventry for not supporting the strike … New idioms dictionary
send to Coventry — verb To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone. The group decided to send the unpopular members to Coventry … Wiktionary
To send to Coventry — Coventry Cov en*try (k?v en tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. [1913 Webster] {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
send to Coventry — seize, repossess, confiscate … English contemporary dictionary
send to Coventry — (smb) to refuse to speak to someone as a sign of disapproval or punishment. Source: (Arakin 4, 77) … Idioms and examples
send to Coventry — idi to ostracize … From formal English to slang
send — ► VERB (past and past part. sent) 1) cause to go or be taken to a destination. 2) cause to move sharply or quickly; propel. 3) cause to be in a specified state: it nearly sent me crazy. ● send down Cf. ↑send down ● … English terms dictionary
Coventry (disambiguation) — Coventry is a city in the West Midlands, England. It may also refer to: Contents 1 Engineering 2 Places 3 People 4 Objects 5 … Wikipedia