pack up

phrasal verb

packed up; packing up; packs up

1

: to gather one's belongings together and put them in a suitcase or other container for traveling

He packed up and left town.

2

British, informal : to stop or quit

She packs up when things become difficult.

3

British, informal : to stop working properly

The lift has packed up, so you'll have to take the stairs to her flat.

Examples of pack up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So the Norse didn’t pack up their belongings and ship out. —Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025

Rubio, who left his Florida Senate seat to join Trump’s Cabinet, has reportedly been angry with Musk for weeks over the thousands of USAID employees who’ve been told to pack up their desks. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025

But at the end of the day, the last few days, our whole apartment was packed up and stuff got real. —Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025

The mob halted just outside the Chinese quarter, and a committee of three men delivered a message: residents had an hour to pack up their belongings and go. —Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for pack up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup