Restaurants · Food and eating
send it back
return unwanted food
If you send food back, you ask staff to take it away because there is a problem.
This vs that
I sent it back.
I took it away.
Hear it in real life
Is everything all right with your steak?
No, I'm afraid I'll have to send it back.
I had to send it back because the chicken was still raw in the middle.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Send it back' is the natural, polite-enough phrase for a faulty dish.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I sent back it because it was cold.
Say: I sent it back because it was cold.
Put the pronoun between 'sent' and 'back'.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
send it back because ___
I sent it back because the soup was cold.
You can send it back because it isn't what you ordered.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about restaurants.
Could we have the bill?
Could we have the bill, please?
Restaurants words
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Your turn: say it out loud
I'm afraid I'll have to send it back.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
send it back
return unwanted food
“I had to send it back because the chicken was still raw in the middle.”
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