sending up

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Present participle of send up
send up
To be put in prison

I guess you're a wise one, all right, but what's the use? I tell you we've got enough on you already to send you up. You might as well talk straight..

send up
To imitate someone or something for the purpose of satirical humour

The programme accurately sends up the British Civil Service system at Whitehall.

send up
To make prices or temperatures etc. rise

Fears of war sent oil prices up by 10%.

send up
send to a place which is higher; put into restraint
send up
If someone who is on trial is sent up, they are found guilty and sent to prison. If I'm going to be sent up for killing one guy, then I might as well kill three more
send up
If you send someone or something up, you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. You sense he's sending himself up as well as everything else. a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots. see also send-up = make fun of
sending up

    Silbentrennung

    send·ing up

    Türkische aussprache

    sendîng ʌp

    Aussprache

    /ˈsendəɴɢ ˈəp/ /ˈsɛndɪŋ ˈʌp/
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