send one packing

send one packing
{v. phr.} To fire someone summarily. * /When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing./ Compare: SEND ONE ABOUT ONE'S BUSINESS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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