send up

hinaufschicken, steigen lassen

Jemanden oder etwas nach oben bewegen oder einen Wert erhöhen.

In einfachem Englisch: To cause someone or something to go upward or to a higher place, level, or amount.

• They sent up a balloon.
• Higher fuel costs sent food prices up.
• Please send the repair worker up to the roof.

So benutzt man es: send someone/something up to something (They sent supplies up to the mountain camp.)

Synonyme: raise, lift

Gegenteile: lower

Häufige Wendungen: send something up, send someone up

parodieren, karikieren

Das Verhalten einer Person oder einen Stil auf lustige Weise nachahmen, um sich darüber lustig zu machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To copy someone’s behaviour or the style of something in a funny way that makes fun of it.

• The comedian sends up politicians.
• Their film sent up old detective stories.
• She enjoyed being sent up in the comedy show.

So benutzt man es: send someone/something up (The sketch sends up television news presenters.)

Synonyme: parody, mock, satirize

Häufige Wendungen: send someone up, send something up

aufwirbeln, ausstoßen

Rauch, Funken, Staub oder Ähnliches erzeugen und in die Luft steigen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To produce smoke, sparks, dust, or similar things that move upward into the air.

• The fire sent up sparks.
• The truck sent up a cloud of dust.
• Burning leaves were sending up thick smoke.

So benutzt man es: send up a cloud/shower of something (The wheels sent up a cloud of dust.)

Synonyme: give off, emit

Häufige Wendungen: send up sparks, send up smoke

ins Gefängnis schicken, inhaftieren

Jemanden als Strafe für eine Straftat ins Gefängnis schicken.

In einfachem Englisch: To send someone to prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him up.
• They sent her up for five years.
• He was sent up after the robbery trial.

So benutzt man es: send someone up for something (The judge sent him up for robbery.); send someone up for a period of time (They sent her up for two years.)

Synonyme: imprison, jail, lock up

Gegenteile: release

Häufige Wendungen: send someone up, send him up