send down

EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

send down ‎(third-person singular simple present sends down, present participle sending down, simple past and past participle sent down)

1. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university.

   He was sent down from Oxford for theft.‎

2. (cricket) To bowl.
3. (transitive, slang) To commit (someone) to a prison term.

   Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years.‎

TranslationsEdit

to expel an undergrad from university

• Russian: отчислить ‎(otčislitʹ) (из ‎(iz) университета ‎(universiteta)) (otčísljitʼ iz universitéta)

to commit to a prison term

• Hungarian: leültet (hu)