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remballer

to pack up (again), to take back

verb rahm-bah-LEH Rare
Communication

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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