Sentence examples for send packing from inspiring English sources

"send packing" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to send someone away or order someone to leave a premises. For example, "The teacher sent packing the students who were misbehaving."

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Should the government closest to the people have a top administrator whom voters can't send packing?

"I still believe Holly has a good palate," he tells John, when they're deciding who to send packing.

Mr Tsipras owes his election largely to public resentment at the austerity imposed by the troika, which he vows to send packing.

It may have been necessary to send packing a company of time-servers and singers whom few people wanted to hear.

Putin will not use this power base to make war on capitalism, but he wants to send packing those responsible for bringing it to Russia.

Users can download a ringback tone (the sound you hear when waiting for a call to be answered) that won't be audible to the human ear, but will send packing any mosquitoes within a metre of you, the company claims.

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Inspectors were sent packing.

The actuary was sent packing.

Mike Vrabel and Seymour were sent packing.

He and four colleagues were sent packing.

Instead Treyc Cohen was sent packing.

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