send for
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Meaning
order, request, or command to come
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She was called into the director's office
Call the police!
He instructs Ernesto to send for his would-be bride, but Malatesta reveals that Norina is in fact the woman Pasquale thinks he married, while the real Sofronia remains in a convent.
Henry wrote a note to Villeroy, which began: "Villeroy, I remain very well contented with your service; do not fail however to go away to your house where you will stay until I send for you; do not seek the reason for this my letter, but obey me."
Saul's courtiers recommend that he send for David, a man skillful on the lyre, wise in speech, and brave in battle.
Hengist continued to send for more ships from his country, so that some islands where his people had previously dwelt are now free of inhabitants.