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Meaning of send to dorse | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.

idiomatic, obsolete, slang, transitive

Examples

“a. 1823, Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring⟳, the Chase⟳, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

send to the glue factory send to the scaffold send up send word sende sended

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