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 | ||