10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEND SOMEONE PACKING»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[First half of 1800s] send someone about his or her business Also, send someone
packing. Dismiss someone abruptly, as in They always ring the bell at suppertime
, asking for signatures, but I send them about their business, or The owner ...
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Talk Dirty Spanish: Beyond Mierda: The curses, slang, and ...
Other variations include: mandarlealagoma (a alguien) to send (someone)
packing, lit. tosend (someone) to therubber mandarle a volar (alguien) to send (
someone) packing, lit.to send (someone) flying mandarle por un tubo (alguien) ...
Alexis Munier, Laura Martinez, 2008
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
... 1 (informal) If you tell someone to pack it in you tell them rudely or impatiently
to stop doing something: 7 can't stand that noise you're making. Pack it in!' 2 (
informal) You send someone packing when you dismiss them firmly and without ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... someone flying cause someone to be violently flung to the ground. send
someone packing: see PACKING. send someone to Coventry: see COVENTRY.
senior senior moment an untoward incident, especially one exhibiting
forgetfulness, ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... she 'sail right now. [1st World War army slang, from packing up equipment on
ceasing a particular operation etc.] send (someone) packing (inf) to send (
someone) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me
257 p .
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... she 's all right now. [1st World War army slang, from packing up equipment on
ceasing a particular operation etc.] send (someone) packing (inf) to send (
someone) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me
257 p .
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
567 send down | seven < send someone packing to dismiss someone; to reject
someone with immediate effect UK, 1594. < send the little sailor to sea to have
sex US, 2001 . < send to Long Beach to flush a toilet. Long Beach is a community
to ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Body and Body Functions
Walk on eggshells Salt in a wound Your belly button is bigger than your stomach
Send someone packing You have to walk on eggshells when you are with
someone who gets angry or offended easily. If you rub salt in a wound you make
...
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Read Well, Think Well: Build Your Child's Reading, ...
Send someone packing: When you fire an employee or demand that someone
get out of your life, you've sent him packing. Shout-out: Publicly thanking
someone is giving her a shout-out. Smooth someone's ruffled feathers: When
someone is ...
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Chambers School Dictionary
... things in cases, parcels etc 2 material for wrapping goods to pack 3 something '
ised to fill an empty space □ send someone packing to send them away
forcefully pact noun 1 an agreement 2 a treaty, a contract pad noun 1 a soft
cushion-like ...
