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send packing
send 1 S0129800 (sĕnd)v. sent (sĕnt), send·ing, sends v.tr.1. To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination: send goods by plane.2. To dispatch, as by a communications medium: send a message by radio.3. a. To direct to go on a mission: sent troops into the Middle East.b. To require or enable to go: sent her children to college.c. To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer: sent the student to the reference section of the library.4. a. To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue: a stove that sends forth great warmth.b. To utter or otherwise emit (sound): sent forth a cry of pain.5. To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive: The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.6. To cause to take place or occur: We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.7. a. To put or drive into a given state or condition: horrifying news that sent them into a panic.b. Slang To transport with delight; carry away: That music really sends me.v.intr.1. To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message: Let's send out for hamburgers.2. To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail: send away for a new catalogue.3. To transmit a message or messages: The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.Phrasal Verbs: send down Chiefly British To suspend or dismiss from a university. send for To request to come by means of a message or messenger; summon. send in1. To cause to arrive or to be delivered to the recipient: Let's send in a letter of protest.2. Sports To put (a player) into or back into a game or contest: The coach is sending in the kicker.3. To cause (someone) to arrive in or become involved in a particular place or situation: The commander sent in the sappers. It's time to send in the lawyers. send off Sports To eject (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules. send up Informal 1. To send to jail: was sent up for 20 years.2. To make a parody of: "grandiloquently eccentric but witty verbiage ... that would send up the nastiness of suburban London" (New York).Idioms: send flying Informal To cause to be knocked or scattered about with force: a blow to the table that sent the dishes flying. send packing To dismiss (someone) abruptly.
[Middle English senden, from Old English sendan; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
send′er n.Synonyms: send1, dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit
These verbs mean to cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.
send 2 S0129800 (sĕnd)v. & n. Nautical Variant of scend.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | send packing - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"send away, dismiss, dropgive notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket" |
Translationssend packing
send (one) packingTo dismiss or send one away rudely or abruptly. When it became clear he was only interested in making a profit for himself, we sent him packing. I was only five minutes late, but the boss sent me packing nonetheless.See also: packing, sendsend someone packingFig. to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely. I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing. The maid proved to be so incompetent that I had to send her packing.See also: packing, send send packing To dismiss (someone) abruptly.See also: packing, sendsend packing, toTo dismiss summarily. The term has been around since the sixteenth century. Robert Browning used it in “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” (1842): “Sure as fate, we’ll send you packing.” See also: sendEncyclopediaSeepackLegalSeePacksend packing
Related to send packing: off chance, gunning for, turned a cornerSynonyms for send packingverb stop associating withSynonymsRelated Words- give notice
- give the axe
- give the sack
- sack
- send away
- can
- force out
- displace
- fire
- dismiss
- terminate
- drop
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