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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

Turks, he believes, should not see the Syrians living among them as a mass of people who will just pack up and leave all at once.

From BBC

In many Asian and European countries, bringing reusable containers to pack up leftovers has become standard practice, a practical nod to sustainability.

From Salon

Asylum seekers who had given the federal government their home addresses wondered whether they should pack up and move.

Wednesday, she ran to the nursery to try to pack up the baby’s essentials, such as clothing and medicine.

"Hey, let me pack up your stuff and you leave him. Yeah, I'll get you to a halfway house."

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