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send back

verb
  1. To return (something) to its origin. (transitive) · I sent the video back to the store, as it was damaged.
  2. To remind (someone) of a previous time in the past. (figuratively, transitive) · That song sends me back to the 1970s.
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The first thing was to send back word to Baloo and Bagheera, for, at the pace the monkeys were going, he knew his friends would be left far behind.
The Jungle Book, p. 39 · B2
Send back your trap, however, and let them know that you intend to walk home.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 181 · C1

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