Also means
to send (someone) packing
Usage Note
Remballer literally means to repack goods into their packaging, but its most vivid colloquial use is remballer quelqu'un — to brush someone off or tell them to get lost, rejecting their advances or ideas sharply. Tu peux remballer tes excuses ('you can take your apologies back') is a common dismissive phrase in informal speech.
Examples
"Il a remballé ses affaires et il est parti."
Natural Translation
He packed up his things and left.
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