sent to Coventry
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[edit]Verb
[edit]- simple past and past participle of send to Coventry
- 1844, E. A. Poe, Marginalia:
- Now were these indecencies perpetrated by an American critic, that critic would be sent to Coventry by the whole press of the country [...]
- 1992, That Creeping Feeling, episode 3x02 of The Brittas Empire:
- Julie, the staff, carrying on like that. … Not speaking to you. They've sent you to Coventry.