| Front | consign |
|---|---|
| Back | con‧sign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb [transitive] formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it consign somebody/something to something phrasal verb formal 1to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one: It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity. consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English: Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap. 2to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it: The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard. |
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