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View definitions for sending up

sending up

verb as in lampoon

verb as in mock

verb as in take off

verb as in heighten

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Example Sentences

I can imagine a scout standing here sending up smoke signals.

Soon the whole front end of the hotel collapsed, sending up a fierce cloud of smoke, ashes, and sparks.

All around are the white tents of the command, the innumerable camp-fires sending up blue columns of smoke.

Meanwhile Mr. Boxall was sending up distress signals from the deck.

It spreads rapidly, sending up a flower-stalk from every "pip."

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On this page you'll find 774 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sending up, such as: apprehend, commit, detain, hold, incarcerate, and jail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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