OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 24199

send someone packing

Meanings (ES + gloss)
mandar a paseo • poner de patitas en la calle
To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.
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, and sent them packing,—not wit…
[T]he parliament, to their immortal honour, presently sent him packing.
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