English verb: send packing | |||
1. | send packing (social) stop associating with | ||
Samples | They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock. | ||
Synonyms | dismiss, drop, send away | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | ||
Verb group | drop | ||