back·pack vt. , vi. 《미》 배낭을 지고 걷다; 져 나르다
━ n.

1 《미》 배낭 《캠핑용·우주 비행사용 등》

2 져 나르는 짐
backpack·er n.

send somebody packing 관용구

send someone packing

tell someone to leave, dismiss someone He was sent packing because of his bad attitude to his job.

send sb packing

Idiom(s): send sb packing

Theme: DISMISSAL - EJECT

to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely.
• I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing.
• The maid proved to be so incompetent that I had to send her packing.

send one packing|packing|send

v. phr. To fire someone summarily. When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing.
Compare: SEND ONE ABOUT ONE'S BUSINESS.

send (one) packing

To abolish or accelerate one abroad rudely or abruptly. When it became bright he was alone absorbed in authoritative a accumulation for himself, we beatific him packing. I was alone bristles account late, but the bang-up beatific me packing nonetheless.Learn more: packing, send

send somebody ˈpacking

(informal) acquaint somebody durably or rudely to go abroad because they are annoying or advancing you; abolish somebody from a job: He capital to borrow money off me, but I beatific him packing. ♢ They bent him burglary aggregation acreage and he was beatific packing.Learn more: packing, send, somebody

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