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1. • Making somebody/something look silly

     • /ˈsend ʌp/ (informal) an act of making somebody/something look silly by copying them in a funny way
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   What does send something/somebody up mean?

   • • In fact it was a relatively innocent send-up. send-up of • Ives performed a very funny send-up of the mayor's speech. send something/somebody ↔ up meaning, definition, what is send something/somebody ↔ up: to make something increase in value: Learn more.

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   What does sending a person up mean?

   • 1 phrasal verb 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. V n P ...a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots. V P n (not pron)

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   What does send up mean?

   • 1. Lit. to order someone to go upward to a higher level; to arrange for something to be taken upward to a higher level. I'll send up Gary. They are hungry on the tenth floor. Let's send some sandwiches up. 2. Fig. to parody or ridicule someone or something. Comedians love to send the president or some other famous person up.

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   What is send up phrasal verb?

   • Definition of send up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (informal) to make people laugh at somebody/something by copying them/it in a funny way The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What does it mean if someone is sent up?

   • 2 phrasal verb If someone who is on trial is sent up, they are found guilty and sent to prison. send-off ( send-offs plural ) If a group of people give someone who is going away a send-off, they come together to say goodbye to them.

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   What does it mean to send something to someone?

   • To send something means to transfer or refer it to someone or something else. For example, the tenant is instructed to send all outstanding payments to the landlord, or a case can be sent to the supreme court.

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   A send-up is a piece of writing or acting in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish.

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   verb To parody, tease, ridicule, or satirize someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "send" and "up." While the movie is obviously sending up the clichés of the genre, it doesn't do anything to meaningfully subvert them or even comment on them.

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   send somebody up. (US English, informal) to send somebody to prison. See send up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Definition of send up phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   send something or someone up (British, informal) (phrasal verb) in the sense of mock. Definition. to make fun of by doing an imitation or parody. a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots. Synonyms. mock. mimic. parody. spoof (informal) imitate. take off (informal) make fun of. lampoon. burlesque. take the mickey out of (informal)

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   send someone or something up. 1. Lit. to order someone to go upward to a higher level; to arrange for something to be taken upward to a higher level. I'll send up Gary. They are hungry on the tenth floor. Let's send some sandwiches up. 2. Fig. to parody or ridicule someone or something.