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I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.
GG Allin

Meaning of "pack up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PACK UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACK UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pack up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PACK UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pack up in the English dictionary

The first definition of pack up in the dictionary is to put away in a proper or suitable place. Other definition of pack up is to give up or stop doing. Pack up is also to fail to operate; break down.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACK UP

pack animal
pack drill
pack horse
pack ice
pack in
pack of lies
pack one´s bags
pack rat
pack shot
pack trail
pack-year
packability
packable
package
package deal
package holiday
package policy
package store
package tour
packager

WORDS THAT END LIKE PACK UP

back up
break up
buck up
clock up
crack up
dead from the neck up
fuck up
jack up
kick up
knock up
lock up
look up
muck up
pluck up
put someone´s back up
rack up
rock up
shack up
speak up
work up

Synonyms and antonyms of pack up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PACK UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pack up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pack up

Translation of «pack up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PACK UP

Find out the translation of pack up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pack up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pack up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

收拾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empacar
570 millions of speakers

English

pack up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैक अप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حزم امتعتهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

упаковать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrumar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুলে নাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

emballer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengemas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

packen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荷造りする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

싸서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pek munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gói lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புறப்படு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समान बांधा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toplamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imballare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pakować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

упакувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

împacheteze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πακετάρω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

packa upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pakke opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pack up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACK UP»

The term «pack up» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PACK UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pack up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pack up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pack up

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10 QUOTES WITH «PACK UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pack up.
1
Buzz Aldrin
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.
2
GG Allin
I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.
3
Andrew J. Bernstein
Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
4
Perry Como
I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it.
5
Raymond Duncan
A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.
6
Dwight Henry
I'm not the Hollywood type. I'm not going to pack up my bags and let me move to Hollywood and stuff like that.
7
Travie McCoy
When the fishbowl gets too small, it's time to pack up and leave and jump into the lake or ocean.
8
Autre Ne Veut
I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.
9
Jacques Rivette
For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave.
10
Michael Shannon
I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago, originally. I wasn't one of those people that had a plan to pack up the van and drive out to Hollywood. I didn't want to.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACK UP»

Discover the use of pack up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pack up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pack Up The Moon
If you haven't already tried Anna McPartlin then you are definitely missing out' Chicklitreviews.com 'This witty, clever, emotional rollercoaster of a read has us sobbing and in stitches in equal measures' Stellar 'Captures the pain of loss ...
Anna McPartlin, 2009
2
Pack Up Your Troubles: Sermons on How to Trust God
Maxie Dunnam's direct, persuasive, and often humorous style will appeal to pastors seeking new insight based on biblical themes. The author also provides a treasury of contemporary illustrations and anecdotes.
Maxie Dunnam, 2010
3
Pack Up Your Troubles
Connie and Eva are best friends but their families are the worst of enemies...
Pam Weaver, 2013
4
Trail Riding: Train, Prepare, Pack Up & Hit the Trail
In Trail Riding, author Rhonda Hart Poe offers fundamental instruction and detailed advice on every aspect of preparing for and executing a pleasurable trail ride.
Rhonda Hart Poe, 2005
5
Pack Up the Moon
And so the trek begins--during which Claire learns a good bit about India and a great deal more about men, women, and the voyages of the heart. Mary Anne Kelly has been praised for bringing her characters to life.
Mary Anne Kelly, 2006
6
Pack Up Your Gloomies in a Great Big Box, Then Sit on the ...
A humorous look at the trials and tribulations of women's lives, and how to cope with them
Barbara Johnson, 1993
7
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
To be ruined or spoilt; to become useless: motorracers': from ca. 1920. Peter Chamberlain, 'Back-axles will pack before half distance anyway.' Ex pack up, q.v. -—2. To 'pack up', to desist, give up: cyclists': since ca. 1945, 'Where did you come?
Eric Partridge, 2006
8
Pack Up the Moon
While there is a mystery at the novel's heart, and the details of Charlotte's death aren't revealed until the final chapters, Pack Up the Moon is not a detective story; it is a contemporary memento mori , an elegy about friendship, faith, ...
Richard Teleky, 2003
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A Dictionary of the English and German, and the German and ...
E0006 in einen -- zusamntettlegen, to Put any thing up into a packei, to make up any thing into a parcel, to pack up anything; etnen --mct= then, to make a parcel; ein großer -- Waaren, a bale, a large pack or package of goods; ein *- Schriften ...
Joseph Leonhard Hilpert, Ernst Friedrich Kärcher, 1857
10
Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow
Standing up is also a bit tricky because it involves shifting the weight of the pack up on my back so that I can straighten my legs. More than once, I have failed in one of these steps and found myself on my back like a turtle. This time, as I pulled  ...
‎2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACK UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pack up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Could smoking be snuffed out in downtown Providence?
... right outside a mall downtown, two men on their lunch break begin to pack up. One puts out his cigarette; the other holds on for one last puff. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
An aerial view of a hot air balloon festival
Chris brought us safely back to earth and we all helped pack up the balloon. Chris, who started piloting hot air balloons in 1988, says he took it ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
3
Phyllis Heydon
When her younger sister, Clarice, became terminally ill, they decided to pack up the family and move to Napa, Calif., to be closer to her sister. «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
4
Hungarian Grand Prix 2015 - live: Hamilton drops down the grid …
Not long after moaning about the unreliability of the McLaren's, my own machine decides to momentarily pack up and stop working, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Volunteers keep Livonia summer school students fed
Goodfellows Jim Hobart, left, and Bill Heaton pack up some free lunches for the summer school students at Churchill High School in Livonia on ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
6
Ballooning a family affair
As the hot air balloon invasion wraps up in Longview, pilots and crews pack up and mosey out of town. The hobby required skill, luck and a ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Former Dwyer and Florida QB Jacoby Brissett finds home at N.C. State
That put the Pack up 24-7 on the unbeaten Seminoles. Two minutes after halftime, with his team holding onto a three-point lead, he stood 9 ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
8
Foster child Joseph Davila becomes poster child for resilience
They will pack up their stuff and leave on Aug. 7. Teammates. Roommates. Blood brothers. "I've never seen one negative side," Deborah ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
How to decorate when you move a lot
Sowers says stylish furniture for millennials has to be easy to pack up and move to the next home. So everything's shipped in heavy-duty ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
10
Dawgs Under The Stars
Then it was time to pack up and head home (they asked folks to exit by 9AM). While more food options from the concession stand would have ... «UW Dawg Pound, Jul 15»

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