sent packing
phrase
1
as in sacked
to let go from office, service, or employment After he missed work three times in one week they sent the new guy packing. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sacked
- dismissed
- removed
- retired
- released
- fired
- mustered out
- turned off
- laid off
- terminated
- canned
- showed (someone) the door
- discharged
- kicked out
- axed
- cashiered
- bounced
- pink-slipped
- threw out
- downsized
- trimmed
- booted (out)
- chucked (out)
- furloughed
- separated
- excessed
- unseated
- drummed (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- signed (up or on)
- employed
- engaged
- retained
- took on
- hired
- kept
- contracted
- reemployed
- rehired
- recruited
- subcontracted
- re-employed
2
as in dismissed
to drive or force out The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing. Synonyms & Similar Words
- dismissed
- ejected
- cast out
- kicked out
- banished
- chased
- outed
- turned out
- ran off
- expelled
- threw out
- evicted
- removed
- shut out
- booted (out)
- extruded
- sacked
- read out
- gave one the gate
- drummed (out)
- routed
- ousted
- deforced
- bounced
- fired
- turfed (out)
- exiled
- mustered out
- dispossessed
- ostracized
- retired
- deported
- displaced
- released
- expatriated
- terminated
- discharged
- canned
- cashiered
- axed
- defenestrated
- pink-slipped
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- received
- accepted
- admitted
- took
- took in
- welcomed
- sheltered
- entertained
- housed
- lodged
- harbored
- native laurel
- native lime
- native millet
- native mistletoe
- native mulberry
- native myrtle
- native olive
- native orange
- native peach
- native pear
- native pheasant
- native plum
- native pomegranate
- native porcupine
- native potato
- native quince
- native rabbit
- native rat
- native sarsaparilla
- native sloth
- native soil
- native son
- native sparrow
- native speaker
- native state