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SEND PACKING
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop associating with
Example:
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Synonyms:
dismiss; drop; send away; send packing
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "send packing" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
Verb group:
drop (terminate an association with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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