- send about one's business
- phrasal
: to dismiss summarily or peremptorily
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
send about one's business
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send about one's business — If you tell someone, in an irritated or unfriendly way, to go away, yousend them about their business. An insurance company representative keeps calling on my mother, but I told her to send him about his business … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
send about one's business — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. send away, discharge, get rid of, dispatch; see dismiss 1 … English dictionary for students
send one about one's business — {v. phr.} To dismiss someone summarily; tell one off. * /When Mrs. Atwater discovered that her daughter s French tutor was an ordinary fortune hunter, she sent him about his business./ Compare: SEND ONE PACKING … Dictionary of American idioms
send one about one's business — {v. phr.} To dismiss someone summarily; tell one off. * /When Mrs. Atwater discovered that her daughter s French tutor was an ordinary fortune hunter, she sent him about his business./ Compare: SEND ONE PACKING … Dictionary of American idioms
send\ one\ about\ one's\ business — v. phr. To dismiss someone summarily; tell one off. When Mrs. Atwater discovered that her daughter s French tutor was an ordinary fortune hunter, she sent him about his business. Compare: send one packing … Словарь американских идиом
send — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dispatch, forward, transmit, broadcast; impel, drive; slang, excite, move (see excitement). See transfer, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dispatch] Syn. transmit, forward, convey, advance,… … English dictionary for students
send one packing — {v. phr.} To fire someone summarily. * /When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing./ Compare: SEND ONE ABOUT ONE S BUSINESS … Dictionary of American idioms
send one packing — {v. phr.} To fire someone summarily. * /When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing./ Compare: SEND ONE ABOUT ONE S BUSINESS … Dictionary of American idioms
send\ one\ packing — v. phr. To fire someone summarily. When the boss caught Smith stealing from the cash register, he sent him packing. Compare: send one about one s business … Словарь американских идиом
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