send down

envoyer en bas, faire descendre

Faire aller une personne ou une chose d’un endroit plus haut à un endroit plus bas.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something go from a higher place to a lower one.

• Please send down the empty basket.
• They sent a rope down from the roof.
• Can you send someone down to the ground floor?

Comment l'utiliser : send someone/something down to someone/something (They sent the tools down to the workers below.)

Synonymes : lower

Contraires : raise

Expressions courantes : send down something, send down someone, send down supplies

condamner à la prison, emprisonner

Décider qu’une personne doit passer un certain temps en prison pour un crime ou un délit.

En anglais simple : To order someone to spend time in prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him down.
• She was sent down for two years.
• Will they send him down for the robbery?

Comment l'utiliser : send someone down for + period of time (The judge sent him down for five years.)

Synonymes : imprison, jail

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : send down someone, send someone down

lancer la balle

Au cricket, lancer la balle vers le joueur qui essaie de la frapper avec sa batte.

En anglais simple : In cricket, to throw the ball toward the player who tries to hit it.

• He sent down a fast ball.
• She sent down six accurate deliveries.
• The captain asked him to send down another over.

Comment l'utiliser : send down something (The bowler sent down a fast delivery.)

Synonymes : bowl

Expressions courantes : send down deliveries, send down an over, send down a ball

rétrograder en ligue mineure

Au baseball, envoyer un joueur dans une équipe d’une ligue de niveau inférieur.

En anglais simple : In baseball, to move a player to a team in a lower league.

• The team sent him down.
• They sent the young pitcher down to the minors.
• She expects the club to send down two players.

Comment l'utiliser : send someone down to something (The club sent the pitcher down to the minor leagues.)

Synonymes : demote

Contraires : promote

Expressions courantes : send down someone, send someone down

envoyer à la campagne pour rééduquer

Obliger quelqu’un à vivre à la campagne et à travailler comme agriculteur pour le rééduquer politiquement.

En anglais simple : To force someone to live and work as a farmer in the countryside for political education.

• The authorities sent the students down.
• Many young people were sent down to work on farms.
• His parents had been sent down during the Cultural Revolution.

Comment l'utiliser : send someone down to the countryside (The authorities sent young people down to the countryside.)

Expressions courantes : send down someone, send students down