send down

mandar abajo, bajar

Hacer que alguien o algo vaya de un lugar más alto a otro más bajo.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: send someone/something down to someone/something (They sent the tools down to the workers below.)

Sinónimos: lower

Antónimos: raise

Expresiones frecuentes: send down something, send down someone, send down supplies

condenar a prisión, encarcelar

Ordenar que alguien pase un tiempo en prisión como castigo por un delito.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: send someone down for + period of time (The judge sent him down for five years.)

Sinónimos: imprison, jail

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: send down someone, send someone down

lanzar la pelota

En críquet, lanzar la pelota hacia el jugador que intenta golpearla con el bate.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: send down something (The bowler sent down a fast delivery.)

Sinónimos: bowl

Expresiones frecuentes: send down deliveries, send down an over, send down a ball

bajar a las ligas menores

En béisbol, trasladar a un jugador a un equipo de una liga inferior.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: send someone down to something (The club sent the pitcher down to the minor leagues.)

Sinónimos: demote

Antónimos: promote

Expresiones frecuentes: send down someone, send someone down

enviar al campo para reeducar

Obligar a alguien a vivir y trabajar en el campo como agricultor para reeducarlo políticamente.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: send someone down to the countryside (The authorities sent young people down to the countryside.)

Expresiones frecuentes: send down someone, send students down