pack off

1. Also,. Send someone (or something) away unceremoniously, as in As soon as the children are packed off to bed, I'll call you back, or She told Anne she'd pack her things off as soon as she had a chance. [First half of 1700s]

Example Sentences

And when I take the pack off, at the end of the walk, I feel as if I’m flying.

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She went to swing the pack off her shoulder, but Lena stopped her with a gentle hand.

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On the other side of the bridge, standing in the autumn shade, Anya slid her pack off her shoulders and pulled out the apron-wrapped bundle of bones.

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Jack Welsby threaded a sublime grubber kick for Hopoate to chase as Saints racked up 16 points inside the first quarter, although the introduction of Kasiano and Peter Mata'utia to the Wire pack off the bench gave them more control of the ruck.

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As a low-level party functionary, he joined in, apparently reluctantly, and helped pack off several colleagues for “reeducation.”

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