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pack up

verb

  1. fill up, load
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To give in; to give up; to leave in defeat.

    Our last batter just struck out. Time to pack it up, boys.

  2. To clear away and place into storage.
  3. To put back together.
  4. To move one’s residence.

    After 5 months in Madrid, I've decided it is time to pack up.

  5. To prepare for shipping, as a gift.

    Pack up the crates.

    Ashley: You're Dr. Warren, the one in charge of the excavation. Do you know what happened to the beacon? Dr. Warren: It was moved to the spaceport this morning. Manuel and I stayed behind to help pack up the camp.

  6. To put into bags to prepare to move.

    Julie DeLongpre: Is there anything I can do to help? Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Well, I guess maybe you could pack up your belongings- Julie: All right. And go back to wherever the hell you came from. Does that make sense? So, it does make sense? No?

  7. To break, to cease to function.

    The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.

    Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.

  8. To fill a pipe with cannabis for smoking.

    Ralph, it's your turn to pack up the bowl.

    The bong is already packed up.