"send away for" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-send away for.ogg [Australia] Forms: sends away for [present, singular, third-person], sending away for [participle, present], sent away for [participle, past], sent away for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|send<,,sent> away for}} send away for (third-person singular simple present sends away for, present participle sending away for, simple past and past participle sent away for)
  1. (idiomatic) To write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing. Tags: idiomatic

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for send away for meaning in English (1.6kB)

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