Serve notice on (someone)
To announce something to someone.We served notice on the apartment manager that we would leave our apartment at the end of the month.
Serve as a guinea pig
To allow some kind of test to be performed on someone.The students served as a guinea pig for the school board's plan to change the school... Read more →
Separate the men from the boys
To separate competent people from less competent people.Some people say that joining the military is a good way to separate the men from the... Read more →
Separate but equal
To be segregated but of equal value or quality.The teaching staff and the administration were separate but equal regarding school decisions.
Send up a trial balloon
To suggest something and see how people react to it.The company sent up a trial balloon to see how people would react to their new product.
Send (something) C.O.D.
To send merchandise to someone who will pay for it when it is delivered.The company sent the computer printer C.O.D.
Send (someone) up send up (someone)
To sentence someone to prison.The judge sent the man up for seven years for robbing a bank.
Send (someone) to the showers
To send a player out of the game and off the field/court etc..The coach decided to send the player to the showers after his poor performance in... Read more →
Send (someone) packing
To tell someone to leave, to dismiss someone.The company sent the man packing because of his bad work performance.
Send (someone) off send off (someone)
To participate in saying good-bye to someone who is leaving.We went to the airport to send off the company president.