send to Coventry: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  UKBritish Englishinformalcolloquial
  • To ostracize someone by deliberately ignoring them and refusing to speak to them or associate with them.

  Examples

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  • After the disagreement, the group decided to send him to Coventry and ignore his messages completely.

    Después del desacuerdo, el grupo decidió aislarlo y no responder a sus mensajes en absoluto.

  • She felt lonely because her coworkers sent her to Coventry following the office dispute.

    Se sentía sola porque sus compañeros de trabajo la ignoraban tras la disputa en la oficina.

  • When someone is sent to Coventry, it’s often a silent punishment where no one speaks to them.

    Cuando alguien es aislado, suele ser un castigo silencioso donde nadie le habla.

• 2.

  UKBritish Englishdated
  • To send someone away or exile them; used historically and now largely archaic.

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  • Historically, soldiers who disobeyed orders were sent to Coventry as a form of exile.

    Históricamente, los soldados que desobedecían órdenes eran enviados al exilio como castigo.

  • In the past, criminals were sometimes sent to Coventry to remove them from their communities.

    En el pasado, a veces se enviaba a los criminales al exilio para alejarlos de sus comunidades.

  • The old practice of sending someone to Coventry meant banishing them from social contact.

    La antigua práctica de enviar a alguien al exilio significaba desterrarlos del contacto social.