pack off

phrasal verb

packed off; packing off; packs off

: to send (someone) away to a different place

—usually + to

Despite his protests, his mom packed him off to bed.

parents packing their kids off to college

Examples of pack off in a Sentence

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An additional million had been thrown into arbitrary detention or packed off to penal colonies and labor camps. —

Gary J. Bass, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 Police quickly nabbed him, and he was packed off to a reformatory. —

Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024 Elvis sang in the congregation and, according to lore, often was packed off for revivals and camp meetings. —

Lois Armstrong, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024 Lorna, who is packed off to a fictional laundry at age 15, wants desperately to find her daughter. —

Chris Vognar, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024 Don’t hesitate to take your pack off for 10 minutes and have a snack if that revives you. —

Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023 Even pausing for 30 seconds without taking your pack off can be extremely helpful in boosting morale and giving your muscles some respite. —

Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023 The Russian warlord whose 24-hour mutiny provoked the worst crisis to roil the country in three decades has been packed off to an uncertain exile — along with the foul-mouthed critiques of the Russian military that won him legions of followers, especially within the ranks. —

Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 29 June 2023