send+packing
1send packing — Pack Pack (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to… …
2send packing (to) — Dismiss, fire from a job. ► “Mr. Foley isn’t the only Washington state incumbent the voters may send packing.” (Wall Street Journal, Sept. 23, 1994, p. A14) …
3send packing — send (someone) packing informal to tell someone to go away, usually because you are annoyed with them. There were some kids at the door asking for money, but I sent them packing …
4send packing — verb stop associating with They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑send away, ↑drop • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑ …
5send packing — If you send someone packing, you tell them to leave, in a very forceful and unfriendly way. When Amanda discovered that Jack was unfaithful, she sent him packing …
6send packing — vp To fire. He fingered the boss s secretary and they sent him packing. 1820s …
7send packing — phrasal to send off or dismiss roughly or in disgrace …
8send packing — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. send away, banish, reject, throw out*, eject; see also dismiss 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. show the door, dismiss, discharge, give walking papers …
9send packing — fire; send away rudely …
10send packing — idi to dismiss curtly …
