sent down

sent down
adj
British
sentenced to imprisonment, imprisoned. This euphemism, also used to mean expelled from university, has been in currency since the 19th cen-tury. The phrase may originate in the image of the convict descending the steps from the dock.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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