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send up

send up


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. raise something: to make something rise or climb, especially a scale or index such as on a thermometer or a listing of stock market values

2. send somebody to prison: to imprison somebody following conviction ( informal )
He was sent up for armed robbery.

3. mock somebody or something by imitation: to make somebody or something appear ridiculous by humorous imitation ( informal )


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See ridicule.

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