PACKING (OFF) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

packing (off)

verb

Definition of packing (off)

present participle of pack (off)

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another packed the child off to a good boarding school

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An accident disrupts the ritual, and Keigetsu, thrown off balance, sees her spell spiral out of her control, sending the two women back into each other’s bodies.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson avoided a vote on that by sending the House home early, adjourning Congress until after the midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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