send flying

send flying
index dispel, launch (project), precipitate (throw down violently)

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  • send flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk …   New idioms dictionary

  • send flying — cast, throw, launch into the air …   English contemporary dictionary

  • send — send1 [send] vt. sent, sending [ME senden < OE sendan, akin to Ger senden, Goth sandjan, caus. formation, “to cause to go” < IE base * sent , to go, find out, discover > L sentire, to feel, sense, OIr sēt, way] 1. a) to cause to go or be …   English World dictionary

  • send — W1S1 [send] v past tense and past participle sent [sent] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(by post etc)¦ 2¦(radio/computer etc)¦ 3¦(person to place)¦ 4 send (somebody) a message/signal 5 send your love/regards/best wishes etc 6¦(cause to move)¦ 7 send… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • send — /send/ verb past tense and past participle sent /sent/ 1 BY POST/RADIO ETC (T) to arrange for something to go or be taken to another place, especially by post: send sb a letter/message/card: Honestly, I get tired of sending Christmas cards. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Flying disc techniques — Flying discs (including Frisbees) can be thrown in many ways. All involve spinning the disc to give it gyroscopic stability, and accelerating its mass to a certain velocity. Without spin, a disc will wobble and fall; without velocity, the disc… …   Wikipedia

  • Flying Enterprise — was a 6,711 ton Type C1 ship. She was built in 1944 and commissioned as the SS Cape Kumukaki (C1 B). She operated as a tramp steamer.After World War II, she was sold in 1947 to Isbrandtsen Company. At this time her name was changed to the Flying… …   Wikipedia

  • send someone flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk …   New idioms dictionary

  • send something flying — send (someone/something) flying to cause someone or something to move very quickly. An explosion rocked the building, sending him flying into a desk …   New idioms dictionary

  • send something flying — send someone/​something flying informal phrase to make someone or something move quickly through the air by hitting them Steve came crashing into me and sent me flying. Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym to hit an objectsynonym to move something… …   Useful english dictionary

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