'To send packing' definitions:

Definition of 'To send packing'

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  • Pack \Pack\, v. i.
  • 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. [1913 Webster]
  • Poor Stella must pack off to town --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him packing." --South. [1913 Webster]

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