ship (someone or something) off to (some place)
ship (someone or something) off to (some place)
To send someone or something to a certain location, often abruptly, hastily, or unceremoniously, perhaps as punishment. The kids were starting to drive us crazy, so we shipped them off to a summer camp for a few weeks. After leadership changed, the agency shipped me off to some low-level bureau.
See also: off, ship
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
ship off
v.
1. To leave, as for a distant place: The soldier shipped off to the war zone. I said goodbye to my friends because I was shipping off the next day.
2. To send something or someone, as to a distant place: They shipped the prisoners off to an offshore island. We shipped off the packages.
See also: off, ship
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- ship off
- pack (someone or something) off to (some place)
- pack off
- chuck (something) into (something)
- chuck into
- boot or an animal out
- boot out
- boot someone out
- be out on (one's) ear
- be out on your ear