Verb: send packing send pa-king
- Force someone to leave or remove someone from a position, often abruptly or unceremoniously
"After the scandal, he was sent packing when he tried to visit";
- dismiss, send away, drop
Derived forms: sending packing, sent packing, sends packing
Type of: can [N. Amer, informal], dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe [informal], give the sack [informal], sack, send away, terminate