bundle off
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To quickly make someone leave and go somewhere else.
Literal meaning: To wrap someone up like a bundle and send them away.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To send someone away quickly and without much ceremony, often because you want them gone.
"After dinner, the parents bundled the children off to bed so the adults could talk."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
To hurriedly place someone into a vehicle or transport and send them away.
"The bodyguards bundled the celebrity off into a waiting car before the crowd could surround her."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Usually implies the person being sent has little say in the matter. Often used with children being sent to bed or relatives being dispatched somewhere. Has a slightly dismissive or hurried tone.
Commonly used with
children guests relatives kids visitors passengers
Forms
Base
bundle off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bundles off
he/she/it
Past simple
bundled off
yesterday
Past participle
bundled off
have + pp
-ing form
bundling off
continuous
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