"send back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sends back [present, singular, third-person], sending back [participle, present], sent back [participle, past], sent back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|send<,,sent> back}} send back (third-person singular simple present sends back, present participle sending back, simple past and past participle sent back)
  1. (transitive) To return (something) to its origin. Tags: transitive Synonyms: return Translations (to return something to its origin): zurückschicken (German), visszaküld (Hungarian), rispedire (Italian), തിരിച്ചയക്കുക (tiriccayakkuka) (Malayalam), برگرداندن (bargardândan) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-send_back-en-verb-ZLNAYRKm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to return something to its origin': 98 2
  2. (transitive, figurative) To remind (someone) of a previous time in the past. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-send_back-en-verb-Uas6Ehrr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 42 58

Inflected forms

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