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SEND PACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does send packing mean? 

SEND PACKING (verb)
  The verb SEND PACKING has 1 sense:

1. stop associating withplay

  Familiarity information: SEND PACKING used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEND PACKING (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop associating with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dismiss; drop; send away; send packing

Context example:

They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

Hypernyms (to "send packing" is one way to...):

can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Verb group:

drop (terminate an association with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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