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| 词汇 | send packing |
| 释义 | Idiom send packingsend (someone) packing informal to tell someone to go away, usually because you are annoyed with them.There were some kids at the door asking for money, but I sent them packing. send (one) packingTo dismiss or send one away rudely or abruptly. When it became clear he was only interested in making a profit for himself, we sent him packing. I was only five minutes late, but the boss sent me packing nonetheless. send someone packingFig. to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely. I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing. The maid proved to be so incompetent that I had to send her packing. send packing To dismiss (someone) abruptly. send packing, toTo dismiss summarily. The term has been around since the sixteenth century. Robert Browning used it in “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” (1842): “Sure as fate, we’ll send you packing.” |
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