send+packing

  • 51turn someone away — SEND AWAY, reject, rebuff, repel, cold shoulder; informal send packing. → turn * * * refuse to allow someone to enter or pass through a place …

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  • 52dismiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. send away; discharge, liberate, disband; cancel (law). See nullification, ejection, liberation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send away] Syn. discard, reject, decline, repel, repudiate, dispatch,… …

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  • 53Ejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion out of, actively. < N PARAG:Ejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ejection ejection emission effusion rejection expulsion eviction extrusion trajection Sgm: N 1 discharge discharge Sgm: N 1 emesis …

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  • 54eject — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove physically] Syn. expel, drive out, evict, discharge, throw out, cast out, oust, dislodge, discard, reject, emit, disgorge, kick out, heave out, send out, put out, force out, weed out, spit out, turn out, rout out,… …

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  • 55oust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. depose, evict, remove, dismiss, dislodge. See ejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. eject, discharge, dispossess, evict, dislodge, remove, deprive, expel, drive out, force out, show the door, chase out …

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  • 56pack — pack1 [pak] n. [ME pakke < MDu pak < MFl pac: term carried throughout Europe via the Low Countries wool trade (as in Fr pacque, It pacco, Ir pac, ML paccus)] 1. a large bundle of things wrapped or tied up for carrying, as on the back of a… …

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  • 57dismiss — [v1] send away, remove; free abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, cast out*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out …

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  • 58Pack — (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and… …

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  • 59Packed — Pack Pack (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to… …

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  • 60Pack — Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. [1913 Webster] 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… …

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