Synonyms of send packing

send packing

phrase

1

as in sack

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

• sack
• remove
• dismiss
• retire
• fire
• release
• can
• turn off
• discharge
• terminate
• muster out
• ax
• show (someone) the door
• cashier
• lay off
• bounce
• pink-slip
• kick out
• drum (out)
• excess
• chuck (out)
• throw out
• boot (out)
• trim
• furlough
• downsize
• separate
• unseat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sign (up or on)
• take on
• retain
• employ
• engage
• hire
• keep
• contract
• recruit
• reemploy
• rehire
• subcontract

2

as in out

to drive or force out

The exterminator showed up and sent the termites packing.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• out
• chase
• eject
• dismiss
• cast out
• kick out
• banish
• drum (out)
• throw out
• boot (out)
• run off
• turn out
• expel
• sack
• remove
• give one the gate
• turf (out)
• extrude
• evict
• shut out
• read out
• oust
• rout
• deforce
• bounce
• fire
• exile
• ostracize
• dispossess
• expatriate
• can
• muster out
• deport
• retire
• pink-slip
• displace
• ax
• terminate
• discharge
• release
• cashier
• defenestrate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receive
• accept
• take
• admit
• take in
• welcome
• house
• shelter
• harbor
• lodge
• entertain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of send packing

But Wheeler didn’t make his first start until April 25, three days before Rob Thomson was sent packing. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 7 July 2026