āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to send up
[phrase form: send]
01
āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to imprison someone as a punishment
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The authorities sent up the notorious gang leader after a lengthy trial.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause the value or price of something to rise
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The technological advancements in smartphones have sent up their prices in recent years.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž
to mock someone or something, often to make them appear foolish
Dialect
British
BritishāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sketch show sent up famous celebrities in a series of witty parodies.
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
