sent home
Released to leave
Sent home means dismissed or made to leave, usually from school, work, or an organized activity.
A student might be sent home for misbehavior; a worker sent home early when business is slow.
In sports, sent home describes elimination from a tournament: The defending champions were sent home in the first round.
The phrase can also mean repatriated: soldiers sent home after deployment, or a body sent home for burial.
- dismissedReleased from duty
- walking papersInformal dismissal notice
- pink slipEmployment termination notice
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- dischargedOfficially let go
marching orders · shown the door · released · returned · banished · ejected · suspended · early · sick day · sick · injured · benched · grounded · kicked out · leave · departure · goodbye · farewell
- sent backreturned, bounced, recalled, remailed, repatriated
- The Bachelorrose ceremony, final rose, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise
- eliminated contestantsloser, evictee, cut, axed, fired