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Pack up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give in.
  2. 2
    To clear away and place into storage.
  3. 3
    To put back together.
  4. 4
    To move one’s residence.

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

  5. 5
    To prepare for shipping, as a gift.

    "Pack up the crates."

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  1. 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?"

  2. 7
    To break, to cease to function. informal

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

  3. 8
    To fill a pipe with cannabis for smoking. intransitive, transitive

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

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