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sends someone packing

sends someone packing is the third-person singular simple present indicative of send someone packing.

Meaning of send someone packing

Verb

send someone packing (third-person singular simple present sends someone packing, present participle sending someone packing, simple past and past participle sent someone packing)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.
    • [T]he parliament, to their immortal honour, presently sent him packing.c. 1695, Dr. Robert South, “To Archbishop of Dublin”, in Sermons, Vol. III
    Synonyms:
    hand someone his hat, send about one's business

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Sends someone packing is the third-person singular simple present indicative of send someone packing.

Words near sends someone packing in the dictionary

  1. sends on
  2. sends one's apologies
  3. sends out
  4. sends out for
  5. sends shivers down someone's spine
  6. sends someone packing
  7. sends someone to the showers
  8. sends to Coventry
  9. sends to dorse
  10. sends to the glue factory
  11. sends to the scaffold

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