Synonyms for send packing
verb send awaydismiss
verb. remove from job, responsibility
- ax
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- defrock
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- displace
- disqualify
- drop
- fire
- furlough
- give notice to
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give walking papers
- give warning
- impeach
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- oust
- pension
- pink-slip
- put away
- recall
- retire
- sack
- send packing
- shelve
- shut out
- suspend
- terminate
- turn away
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
dismisses
verb. remove from job, responsibility
- ax
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- defrock
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- displace
- disqualify
- drop
- fire
- furlough
- give notice to
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give walking papers
- give warning
- impeach
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- oust
- pension
- pink-slip
- put away
- recall
- retire
- sack
- send packing
- shelve
- shut out
- suspend
- terminate
- turn away
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
dismissing
verb. remove from job, responsibility
- ax
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- defrock
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- displace
- disqualify
- drop
- fire
- furlough
- give notice to
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give walking papers
- give warning
- impeach
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- oust
- pension
- pink-slip
- put away
- recall
- retire
- sack
- send packing
- shelve
- shut out
- suspend
- terminate
- turn away
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
eject
verb. throw or be thrown out
- banish
- bounce
- bump
- cast out
- debar
- disbar
- discharge
- disgorge
- dislodge
- dismiss
- displace
- dispossess
- ditch
- do away with
- drive off
- dump
- eighty-six
- ejaculate
- eliminate
- emit
- eradicate
- eruct
- erupt
- evict
- exclude
- expel
- expulse
- extrude
- fire
- force out
- get rid of
- give the boot
- heave out
- irrupt
- kick out
- kiss goodbye
- oust
- reject
- rout
- sack
- send packing
- show the gate to
- spew
- spit out
- spout
- squeeze out
- throw overboard
- turn out
- unloose
- vomit
ejected
verb. throw or be thrown out
- banish
- bounce
- bump
- cast out
- debar
- disbar
- discharge
- disgorge
- dislodge
- dismiss
- displace
- dispossess
- ditch
- do away with
- drive off
- dump
- eighty-six
- ejaculate
- eliminate
- emit
- eradicate
- eruct
- erupt
- evict
- exclude
- expel
- expulse
- extrude
- fire
- force out
- get rid of
- give the boot
- heave out
- irrupt
- kick out
- kiss goodbye
- oust
- reject
- rout
- sack
- send packing
- show the gate to
- spew
- spit out
- spout
- squeeze out
- throw overboard
- turn out
- unloose
- vomit
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Word Origin & History
Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, impel," from Proto-Germanic *sandijan (cf. Old Saxon sendian, Old Norse and Old Frisian senda, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch senden, Dutch zenden, German senden, Gothic sandjan), causative form of base *sinþan, denoting "go, journey" (source of Old English sið "way, journey," Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinþs "going, walk, time"), from PIE root *sent- "to head for, go" (cf. Lithuanian siusti "send;" see sense (n.)).
Also used in Old English of divine ordinance (e.g. godsend, from Old English sand "messenger, message," from Proto-Germanic *sandaz "that which is sent"). Slang sense of "to transport with emotion, delight" is recorded from 1932, in American English jazz slang.