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pack up
verb
- to put (things) away in a proper or suitable place
- informal.to give up (an attempt) or stop doing (something)
if you don't do your work better, you might as well pack up
- intr (of an engine, machine, etc) to fail to operate; break down
- engineering to use packing to adjust the height of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment
Example Sentences
The BBC has spoken to four of those peers preparing to pack up their parliamentary desks.
The thought of being ripped from her home, without time to pack up her belongings or say goodbye to friends, shakes her to the core.
He left an envelope for Lucy containing a note imploring her to pack up everything and disappear along with their teenage son.
鈥淏y the time she got herself together and tried to pack up some things, the fire was right there in our backyard.鈥
鈥淲e were going off of our intuition and fear. They should鈥檝e evacuated everybody when we left, told us to pack up everything we need and to leave. But nothing.鈥
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