send away for
Example Sentences
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Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
A promotional offer aimed at collectors of “Star Wars” toys allowed them to send away for a Boba Fett action figure before he appeared in the movies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
He was the freak you could catch in the act of raising his own pedestal, and then send away for the instructions yourself.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2016
For example, starting in the early part of the 1900s you could send away for a full set of Alexander Hamilton Institute “Modern Business” volumes.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2013
Well, then, said he, if you can say you have a better reason than this, I will oblige you; else I'll send away for the parson this moment.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
