With it To give in; to give up; to leave in defeat.
Our last batter just struck out. Time to pack it up, boys.
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To clear away and place into storage.
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To put back together.
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To move one’s residence.
After 5 months in Madrid, I've decided it is time to pack up.
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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.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
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Of things 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?2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
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Informal, Of a machine 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.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
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.1968, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 52:
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If I were asked which l'd rather be in, a single-engine Comanche or its double-breasted brother, at night after an engine packed up at 6,000 feet, I'd have to quickly choose the Twin Comanche.1971, Flying Magazine, August 1971:
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Mums […] were often won over not so much by the healthy eating arguments as by a simple fact — in my experience, no parent has yet been born who loved making pack-ups.2011, Elizabeth Grahamslaw, A Parents' Guide To Primary School: