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You Stay Put — Only the Thing Travels
The picture A hand gives something a push toward over there. The hand stays where it is; only what was pushed goes. TAKE is carrying it along with you; SEND is staying put and pushing it off on its own.
Where the picture shows up in send
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push a parcel off
I'll send the documents by courier today.
aɪl send ðə ˈdɒkjumənts baɪ ˈkʊriər təˈdeɪ
The documents will go out by courier today.
An envelope shoved across a counter.
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push words off
Send me a text when you get there.
send miː ə tekst wen juː ɡet ðeər
Text me once you're there.
Letters leaving your fingertip and flying to someone's screen.
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push a person off
We're sending a technician tomorrow morning.
wɪr ˈsendɪŋ ə tekˈnɪʃən təˈmɒroʊ ˈmɔːnɪŋ
A technician will come out tomorrow morning.
Someone eased out of the office door and on their way.
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push a signal out
The machine sends a signal every ten minutes.
ðə məˈʃiːn sendz ə ˈsɪɡnəl ˈevri ten ˈmɪnɪts
The unit pings every ten minutes.
Ripples spreading outward from a small box.
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push it into a state
The news sent prices up overnight.
ðə njuːz sent ˈpraɪsɪz ʌp ˌoʊvərˈnaɪt
Prices jumped overnight on the news.
A hand shoving the line on a graph upward.
send + object + up/down = push it higher or lower.
All of it in one picture
SEND is a hand pushing something away. Push a parcel and it is delivery; push words and it is a text; push a person and it is dispatch; push a signal and it is transmission; push a price upward and it is a jump. Everywhere send appears, the sender stays and the thing goes.