单词 | to go to the pack |
释义 | > as lemmasto go to the pack e. colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). to send to the pack: to send (a person) away; to dismiss. to go to the pack: to lose a (high) position; to deteriorate; to ‘go to pieces’. Cf. to go to the dogs at dog n.1 Phrases 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss congeec1330 turnc1330 putc1350 dismitc1384 refusea1387 repel?a1439 avyec1440 avoida1464 depart1484 license1484 to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513 demit1529 dispatcha1533 senda1533 to send a grazing1533 demise1541 dimiss1543 abandon1548 dimit1548 discharge1548 dismiss1548 to turn off1564 aband1574 quit1575 hencea1586 cashier1592 to turn away1602 disband1604 amand1611 absquatulize1829 chassé1847 to send to the pack1912 1912 O. C. Mackirdy & W. N. Willis White Slave Market x. 192 What will you do, Sir Consul—‘follow suit’, ‘reneague’, or ‘go to the pack’?.. You're ‘done to rags’, anyhow. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 94 I've sent the leery bloke that bore me name Clean to the pack wivout one pearly tear. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 26 Go to the pack, deteriorate. 1922 A. Wright Colt from Country 83 Came over from W.A. with a fat roll... Expects to win the Cup with Western Chief. If he don't he's gone to the pack sure. 1952 Coast to Coast 1951–2 196 I can't let him go to the pack like that. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation xv. 237 She's as silly as a chook, spending all her time reading the bloody Bible while her daughters go to the pack. < as lemmas |
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