pack upverb

• 1

  To give in; to give up; to leave in defeat.

  • Our last batter just struck out. Time to pack it up, boys.
• 2

  To clear away and place into storage.

• 3

  To put back together.

• 4

  To move one’s residence.

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

  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.
• 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?
• 7

  informalTo 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.
  • 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.
• 8

  To fill a pipe with cannabis for smoking.

  • Ralph, it's your turn to pack up the bowl.
  • The bong is already packed up.