intransitive. To depart, go away, esp. hurriedly or ignominiously. Chiefly in present participle in progressive tenses. In later use chiefly in to se…
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释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously (24) to send packingc1450 intransitive. To depart, go away, esp. hurriedly or ignominiously. Chiefly in present participle in progressive tenses. In later use chiefly in to se… trussa1500 transitive. To ‘send packing’, drive off, put to flight. Obsolete. rare. to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577 a flea in one's ear: said of a stinging or mortifying reproof, rebuff, or repulse, which sends one away discomfited: chiefly in to go (send,etc.) away… to set packing1577 Const. simple gerund. pack1589 transitive. To send or drive (a person) away; to dismiss summarily; to get rid of. ship1594 figurative. To send off, send packing, get rid of, dismiss, expel. to send away with a fly in one's ear1606 Phrases: like a fly in amber: see amber, n.2 adj.phrases 1. a fly in the ointment: some small or trifling circumstance which spoils the enjoyment… to give a packing penny to1609 a penny given by way of dismissal, as to a beggar; to give a packing penny to: to send packing, dismiss (in quot. 1609 figurative). to pack off1693 transitive. To send (a person) off, esp. abruptly or in a peremptory manner; to dispatch. to cut (also slip) the painter1699 figurative. to cut (also slip) the painter: to effect a separation, sever a connection; to free oneself of something; to break free. to send about one's business1728 to send about one's business: to dismiss unceremoniously, to send packing (now somewhat archaic). trundle1794 transitive. To carry or send off, turn out, dismiss. to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816 to send to the right about (also rightabouts) and variants. colloquial. To drive away, send packing; (also) to deal with brusquely or… bundle1823 transitive. To put or send (persons or things) away, in, off, out, etc., hurriedly and unceremoniously. Cf. ‘pack off’, ‘send packing’. to give the bucket to1863 Phrase, to give the bucket to: to dismiss; cf. give the bag, the sack. to kick the bucket: see bucket, n.2 phrases. shake1872 Originally U.S. To get rid of, cast off (a person); to give up (a habit). Also, to give (a person) the slip; to jilt; occasionally to abandon (a… to give (a person) the finger1874 U.S. To get the better of (a person); to deceive, to cheat; to take advantage of. Obsolete. Cf. finger, v. 3c. to give (a person) the pushc1886 colloquial. to give (a person) the push: to throw out or dismiss, esp. from a job; to reject in a relationship. to get the push and variants: to… to give (someone or something) the chuck1888 Dismissal, repudiation, ‘turning down’, esp. in to give (someone or something) the chuck. Similarly chuck-over (cf. chuck, v.2 2b). slang. to give (someone) the gate1918 figurative. to get the gate, to be dismissed, rejected or jilted; so to give (someone) the gate. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to get the (big) bird1924 slang (originally Theatre). With the. An instance of hissing or otherwise expressing one's dissatisfaction with a performer (more fully the big bird)… to tie a can to (or on)1926 In figurative phrases. to tie the hands of: to deprive of freedom of action. to tie the knot: to effect a union between two persons or things; esp.… to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938 Originally and chiefly New Zealand. to give (a person) (hisor her) running shoes: to dismiss (a person), esp. from political office. to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958 Used attributively to denote any of various belts conferred upon professional boxing champions of the United Kingdom. Also transferred. So to give (s… |
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