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Verb: send packing  send pa-king
  1. 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