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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toexpel,eject, ordismisssomeone; to send away, chase off, or force out;(from a job or employment position)tofire.c.1695,Dr. Robert South, “To Archbishop of Dublin”, inSermons, Vol. III:[T]he parliament, to their immortal honour, presentlysent him packing.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym;Charlotte Brontë], “The Schoolboy and the Wood-Nymph”, inShirley. A Tale.[…], volume III, London:Smith, Elder and Co.,[…],→OCLC,page203:Two ladies called one day, pale and anxious, and begged earnestly, humbly, to be allowed to see Mr. Moore one instant: Mrs. Yorke hardened her heart, andsent them packing,—not without opprobrium.1904,Gilbert Parker, chapter 2, inMichel and Angele:"Monsieur, you and yours are not for me. Seek elsewhere." . . ."Yousend me packing!" he blurted out, getting red in the face.2014June 14, Anne Marie Garcia, “Cuba ballplayers chase dreams, big bucks, overseas”, inBusinessweek, retrieved8 July 2014:[L]eague authoritiessent him packingafter ruling he was registered with a fake Dominican passport under circumstances that remain murky.
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