My guess is it comes from sports, when a visiting team plays your home team and you want to "send them packing" (i.e., go back where you came from) – otherwise it's just a really rude saying that implies you are hosting someone and you want them to leave.
2007-09-27 05:43:14 · 5 answers · asked by newtobigd78 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It was actually a phrase first heard in a Shakespearean play--Henry IV
2007-09-27 05:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by SunnyInNC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send Them Packing
2016-11-12 04:03:09 · answer #2 · answered by piette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "send them packing" means 'to dismiss (someone) abruptly. It comes from: cause to go or be taken to a destination: sent the package by parcel post; dispatched a union representative to the factory; forwards the mail to their new address; routed the soldiers through New York; shipped his books to his dormitory; transmits money by cable.
2007-09-27 05:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To give mourners their guns back after a funeral.
2007-09-27 07:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom..when dad said what do we do with the kids now that their all grown up.
2007-09-27 05:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋