send up

mandare su, far salire

Mandare qualcuno o qualcosa più in alto, oppure aumentare un livello o una quantità.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: send someone/something up to something (They sent supplies up to the mountain camp.)

Sinonimi: raise, lift

Contrari: lower

Espressioni comuni: send something up, send someone up

fare la parodia di, caricaturare

Imitare in modo comico il comportamento di qualcuno o lo stile di qualcosa per prenderlo in giro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: send someone/something up (The sketch sends up television news presenters.)

Sinonimi: parody, mock, satirize

Espressioni comuni: send someone up, send something up

sollevare, sprigionare

Produrre fumo, scintille, polvere o simili che salgono nell’aria.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: send up a cloud/shower of something (The wheels sent up a cloud of dust.)

Sinonimi: give off, emit

Espressioni comuni: send up sparks, send up smoke

incarcerare, mandare in prigione

Mandare qualcuno in prigione come punizione per un reato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: imprison, jail, lock up

Contrari: release

Espressioni comuni: send someone up, send him up