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Send him packing
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send + Nombre + packing
(v.) = echar, despedir, ahuyentar, repeler, mandar a freír espárragos, mandar a paseo, mandar al carajo, mandar a la porra.
Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
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Send him packing
Origin
From Shakespeare's Henry IV.
FALSTAFF: 'Faith, and I'll send him packing.
From Shakespeare's Henry IV.
FALSTAFF: 'Faith, and I'll send him packing.
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