The other workers sent him to Coventry for not supporting the strike.
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send to Coventry — ► send to Coventry chiefly Brit. refuse to associate with or speak to. [ORIGIN: perhaps from the unpopularity of royalist soldiers or prisoners quartered in Coventry (sympathetic to parliament) during the English Civil war.] Main Entry: ↑send … English terms dictionary
send to Coventry — To ostracize, esp to refuse to talk to • • • Main Entry: ↑Coventry … Useful english dictionary
Send to Coventry — To send someone to Coventry is a British phrase meaning to ostracise somebody,specifically to not talk to them.It was sometimes used as a way of punishing people who,for example,would not join a strike in a factory for better pay and conditions.… … Wikipedia
send to Coventry — verb To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone. The group decided to send the unpopular members to Coventry … Wiktionary
To send to Coventry — Coventry Cov en*try (k?v en tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. [1913 Webster] {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
send to Coventry — seize, repossess, confiscate … English contemporary dictionary
send to Coventry — (smb) to refuse to speak to someone as a sign of disapproval or punishment. Source: (Arakin 4, 77) … Idioms and examples
send to Coventry — idi to ostracize … From formal English to slang
send — ► VERB (past and past part. sent) 1) cause to go or be taken to a destination. 2) cause to move sharply or quickly; propel. 3) cause to be in a specified state: it nearly sent me crazy. ● send down Cf. ↑send down ● … English terms dictionary
Coventry (disambiguation) — Coventry is a city in the West Midlands, England. It may also refer to: Contents 1 Engineering 2 Places 3 People 4 Objects 5 … Wikipedia
