send up

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send up

verbo transitivo con partícula

1. parodiar, remedar (familiar) (parody) (británico)

send up [send][send]

1. Fam. E.U.) Enviar a la cárcel.

To send about one’s business -> mandar a paseo
To send word -> mandar o pasar aviso, participar una noticia por escrito o por un propio, enviar un mensaje o recado por medio de una persona

(a) enviar arriba, mandar subir. (b)

send up

verb:transitive:plus_adverb

1 (cause to rise) [+rocket, balloon,] lanzar; [+smoke, dust, spray] despedir; [+prices] provocar la subida de; hacer subir

This spring, NASA sent up a new satellite A French yacht had sent up red distress flares after a crew member was hit on the head and knocked unconscious the explosion sent up clouds of smoke and dust the jeep whizzed past us sending up clouds of dust as it did so the red buses and taxis sending up plumes of spray from the wet roads he fell into the puddle, sending up a splash of muddy water as he did so the geyser was sending up jets of hot water Iraq's invasion of Kuwait sent oil prices up a confident statement on prospects sent the shares up 19p to 157p

2 (dispatch)

send him up! ¡que suba!; I'll have some coffee sent up mandaré or pediré que me suban café

Eleanor sent up a tray of food at which he only picked he asked for lunch to be sent up to him I'll send someone up with your luggage my father sent me up to my room

3 (Britain) (parody) burlarse de; parodiar

is to make a one-off special called A Class Act, sending up the class system I like films that send up other films, which is why I thought Airplane was so good You sense he is sending himself up as well as everything else a spoof that sends up the macho world of fighter pilots

4 (blow up) volar

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