send packing
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Definition
Verb (phrasal verb): - To dismiss or send someone away abruptly and decisively: To tell someone to leave, often in a rude or peremptory manner, ending an association or interaction.
Usage
This phrasal verb is used to describe the act of abruptly terminating someone's presence or involvement. It implies a firm, often final, rejection or dismissal. - It is transitive and separable (e.g., "She sent him packing"). - It often carries a tone of decisiveness, irritation, or finality.
Examples
- After the employee was caught stealing, the manager sent him packing immediately.
- I told the pushy salesperson to leave and sent him packing.
- When he became too demanding, she finally sent him packing.
Advanced Usage
- The phrase can be used in both literal (physically sending someone away) and figurative (ending a relationship or association) contexts.
- It often suggests the dismissed person is unwanted or has done something to deserve the dismissal.
Variants and Related Words
- Send away: A more neutral phrase for asking or causing someone to leave.
- Dismiss: To order or allow to leave; to discharge from a duty or position.
- Show someone the door: An idiom meaning to ask someone to leave.
Synonyms
- Dismiss
- Send away
- Oust
- Eject
- Throw out
Related Idioms
- Give someone the boot: To dismiss or fire someone.
- Show someone the door: To indicate that someone should leave.
Verb
- stop associating with
- They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock