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sent someone packing

sent someone packing is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about sent someone packing

What is sent someone packing the simple past and past participle of?
Sent someone packing is the simple past and past participle of send someone packing.

Words near sent someone packing in the dictionary

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

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