Suspend or dismiss from a university, principally a British one. For example, He's done very poorly ever since he was sent down from Oxford. [Mid-1800s]
send down
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
Synonym: rusticate
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