sending packing
phrase
1
as in sacking
to let go from office, service, or employment After he missed work three times in one week they sent the new guy packing. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sacking
- removing
- dismissing
- firing
- retiring
- mustering out
- turning off
- releasing
- laying off
- showing (someone) the door
- pink-slipping
- terminating
- discharging
- kicking out
- canning
- axing
- cashiering
- bouncing
- throwing out
- downsizing
- drumming (out)
- booting (out)
- chucking (out)
- excessing
- trimming
- furloughing
- unseating
- separating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taking on
- signing (up or on)
- employing
- retaining
- hiring
- engaging
- keeping
- reemploying
- contracting
- recruiting
- subcontracting
- rehiring
- re-employing
2
as in ejecting
to drive or force out The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing. Synonyms & Similar Words
- ejecting
- dismissing
- chasing
- casting out
- kicking out
- outing
- banishing
- running off
- turning out
- throwing out
- giving one the gate
- drumming (out)
- booting (out)
- expelling
- shutting out
- turfing (out)
- reading out
- evicting
- routing
- removing
- extruding
- sacking
- firing
- ousting
- bouncing
- deforcing
- mustering out
- dispossessing
- exiling
- ostracizing
- expatriating
- deporting
- displacing
- retiring
- terminating
- discharging
- releasing
- pink-slipping
- canning
- axing
- cashiering
- defenestrating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- receiving
- taking
- accepting
- taking in
- admitting
- housing
- entertaining
- lodging
- welcoming
- sheltering
- harboring