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View synonyms for pack up

pack up

verb

  1. to put (things) away in a proper or suitable place
  2. informal.
    to give up (an attempt) or stop doing (something)

    if you don't do your work better, you might as well pack up

  3. intr (of an engine, machine, etc) to fail to operate; break down
  4. engineering to use packing to adjust the height of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“Change can be exciting,” Cuomo says to Richards as he helps her pack up her office.

I had managed to pack up my life and was suddenly going to be in New York for six months.

The ‘heroes’ also do not plan to pack up and head back to a cozy life with their Robins and Lois Lanes.

“If you put it that way, Jon, maybe I should just pack up and go home,” he said.

Queen Beatrix may be ready to pack up and go, but here in Blighty, like it or not, our Kings and Queens have a job for life.

Dorothy cleared off the table, and went to her own room to pack up her clothes, and prepare for her journey.

In consequence of this resolution, and convinced that I should not sleep if I went to bed, I began to pack up my things.

I have already written to the school to tell them to pack up and send me all my books and clothes.

Kurt, who was usually the first to pack up his papers, was still scribbling away after Mea had laid hers away.

He sent directions to Mary to pack up at once and travel with the least possible delay to Este.

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