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121neck and crop — adverb : with brisk dispatch and completeness : summarily turned her out into the street neck and crop W.S.Maugham * * * neck and crop 1. Completely 2. Bodily 3. In a heap 4. Summarily and unceremoniously • • • Main Entry …
122send 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 …
123send 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 …
124send 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 …
125send 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 …
126Amplification — Am pli*fi*ca tion, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for… …
127Banish — Ban ish (b[a^]n [i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banished} (b[a^]n [i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banishing}.] [OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See {Ban} an edict, and {Finish}, v. t.] 1. To condemn to exile,… …
128Banished — Banish Ban ish (b[a^]n [i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banished} (b[a^]n [i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Banishing}.] [OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See {Ban} an edict, and {Finish}, v. t.] 1. To condemn to… …
