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Idiom

bundle off

Meaning

To send someone away quickly and without fussing.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She bundled the kids off to school.”

“The babysitter bundled the children off to bed so she could finish her homework in peace.”

“After the guests finally departed, the exhausted host bundled his noisy cousins off to the train station to ensure a quiet evening.”

Examples

simple

“She bundled the kids off to school.”

contextual

“The babysitter bundled the children off to bed so she could finish her homework in peace.”

complex

“After the guests finally departed, the exhausted host bundled his noisy cousins off to the train station to ensure a quiet evening.”

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