send someone
1send someone packing — To dismiss someone summarily • • • Main Entry: ↑pack * * * send someone packing informal phrase to make someone leave a place They had a huge row, and she sent him packing. Thesaurus: to force someone to leave a place …
2send someone or something packing — send (someone or something) packing see ↑send • • • Main Entry: ↑pack send (someone or something) packing informal : to force (someone or something) to leave a place or situation We were sent packing after the first day of tryouts. A loss in… …
3send (someone) on (something) — to cause someone to do something. He ll give Rufus some money and send him on a dozen errands. The troubles of modern life have sent many people on a search for spiritual peace. Related vocabulary: send someone on their way …
4send someone packing — If you send someone packing, you send them away, normally when they want something from you …
5send (someone) on (their) way — to cause someone to leave. Dad gave me $15 and sent me on my way. All the tests showed that her heart was functioning normally, so the doctors sent her on her way. Related vocabulary: send someone on something …
6send someone/thing up informal, — send someone/thing up informal, chiefly Brit. ridicule someone or something by exaggerated imitation. → send …
7send someone to Coventry — send (someone) to Coventry British, informal if a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to them, usually in order to punish them. The other workers sent him to Coventry for not supporting the strike …
8send someone to coventry — (UK) If you send someone to Coventry, you refuse to talk to them or co operate with them …
9send someone to the showers — send (someone) to the showers American to stop someone, especially someone on a sports team, from playing or working because they are behaving badly or their work is not good enough. A fight broke out and both players were sent to the showers …
10send someone sprawling — phrase to hit someone with so much force that they fall down Thesaurus: to knock someone down by hitting themsynonym Main entry: sprawling …
