- pack someone off
- informalsend someone somewhere peremptorily.→ pack
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pack someone off
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pack someone off — ► pack someone off informal send someone somewhere peremptorily or without much notice. Main Entry: ↑pack … English terms dictionary
pack someone off — pack (someone) off to send someone away. We packed the kids off to their grandparents for the weekend … New idioms dictionary
pack someone off — (informal) SEND OFF, dispatch, bundle off. → pack * * * informal send someone somewhere without much warning or notice they packed me off to the academy in Baltimore … Useful english dictionary
pack off — ˌpack ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pack off he/she/it packs off present participle packing off past tense … Useful english dictionary
pack — Ⅰ. pack [1] ► NOUN 1) a cardboard or paper container and the items inside it. 2) Brit. a set of playing cards. 3) a collection of related documents. 4) a group of animals that live and hunt together. 5) chiefly derogatory a group or set of… … English terms dictionary
pack off — pack (someone) off to send someone away. We packed the kids off to their grandparents for the weekend … New idioms dictionary
pack — pack1 noun 1》 a cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it. ↘a quantity of foods packed or canned in a particular season. 2》 a collection of related documents. ↘Brit. a set of playing cards. ↘chiefly derogatory a… … English new terms dictionary
pack off — PHRASAL VERB If you pack someone off somewhere, you send them there to stay for a period of time. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron) to inf] Malcolm packed off Vivienne and the two children to stay in a caravan somewhere in Wales... [V n P to n] I… … English dictionary
pack — pack1 [ pæk ] verb *** ▸ 1 put in container to move ▸ 2 protect in container ▸ 3 fill place completely ▸ 4 press to hard solid mass ▸ 5 carry gun ▸ 6 meeting/committee ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put your possessions into a bag … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pack — pack1 W3S2 [pæk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(goods)¦ 3¦(crowd)¦ 4¦(protect something)¦ 5¦(snow/soil etc)¦ 6 pack your bags 7 pack a gun 8 pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch Phrasal verbs pack something<=>away … Dictionary of contemporary English
