pack off

pack off
{v.}, {informal} To send away; dismiss abruptly. * /When an Englishman got in trouble long ago, his family would pack him off to Australia or some other distant land./ * /Jane couldn't really get started on her homework until she had packed the children off to school./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • pack\ off — v informal To send away; dismiss abruptly. When an Englishman got in trouble long ago, his family would pack him off to Australia or some other distant land. Jane couldn t really get started on her homework until she had packed the children off… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pack off — Synonyms and related words: beat back, bow out, brush off, bundle, bundle off, chase, chase away, chase off, cut, dismiss, drive away, drive back, fend off, give the air, give the gate, hold off, hustle out, keep off, push back, put back, rebuff …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pack off — I. (Active.) Despatch, send off, send away. II. (Neuter.) Depart, go, start, set out, set off, be off …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • pack off — informal we packed our youngest son off to college just last week Syn: send off, dispatch, bundle off …   Thesaurus of popular words

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