send to Coventry

send somebody to Coventry

(British informal)

if a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to them, usually in order to punish them The other workers sent him to Coventry for not supporting the strike.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karola	KAW-ro-law (Hungarian), kah-RO-lah (German)	Hungarian, German
Merrill	['merəl]
Clytia	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pasi	PAH-see	Finnish
Brooke	[bru:k]
Randal	['rændl]