Sent-to-the-tower Definition

verb
Simple past tense and past participle of send to the tower.
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(UK, colloquial) Imprisoned; punished.

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Origin of Sent-to-the-tower

  • From the Tower of London, a famous prison.

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Sent-to-the-tower Sentence Examples

  • The result was that Shaftesbury, Buckingham, Wharton and Salisbury were sent to the Tower.

  • Danby had removed to the country, but returned on the 21st of April to avoid the threatened passing by the Lords of the attainder, and was sent to the Tower.

  • Sheffield, speaker of the House of Commons, were both sent to the Tower for complaining of his conduct.

  • He was sent to the Tower.

  • She was sent to the Tower in March 1554, but few Englishmen were fanatic enough to want a Tudor beheaded.

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