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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The rain saturated soils, causing trees to collapse, sparking power outages and sending landslides onto Highway 1 in multiple places.—
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“Packing (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packing%20%28off%29. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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