Found 1 hit - Term: to send packing, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pack \pack\, v. i.
1. to make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles
securely for transportation.
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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.
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3. to gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the
perch begin to pack. eng.
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4. to depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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poor stella must pack off to town --swift.
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you shall pack,
and never more darken my doors again. --tennyson.
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5. to unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes;
to join in collusion. obs. "go pack with him." --shak.
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to send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in
disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "the parliament . .
. presently sent him packing." --south.
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to send packing
Results 1 - 3 of 3 found about to send packing: Packing
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Packing, definition of term: Packing
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Send, definition of term: Send
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Send Out, definition of term: Send Out
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