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pack it in
Stop working or abandon an activity, as in Let's pack it in for the day. This usage alludes to packing one's things before departing, and during World War I became military slang for being killed. It also is used as an imperative ordering someone to stop, as in Pack it in! I've heard enough out of you. In Britain it is also put as pack it up. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
Example Sentences
The Dodgers’ decision to pack it in was rooted in logic.
The Dodgers were seemingly destroying their season-opening, seven-game win streak with their worst game in several seasons, stumbling to a 5-0 deficit against the Atlanta Braves and apparently ready to pack it in until …
Paul, 77, reflects: "He said, 'you're not going to pack it in are you?' and I said 'no of course I'm not'. I mean what else would I do? It's too late to join a football team."
After struggling with the thing for a while, you might decide to just pack it in and go back to the old, dumb, reliable model.
“Once you get to this time of the year, it’s so close, and you’re not going to see teams pack it in,” former player-turned-TNT analyst Anson Carter said Thursday.
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